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This year PRG and Give a Book held our first virtual Reading in Prison event,... Read More

It’s not difficult to imagine how hard the first night of a prison sentence must... Read More

On the 26th October we launched our Crowdfunding campaign, Breakfast is fully BOOKED! to raise... Read More

In The Book kindly donated some of their un-personalised selection to Give a Book, which... Read More

Over the years we have supported many projects and events at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, and... Read More

Rachel Kelly is a writer and mental health campaigner. She speaks publicly about her experience of... Read More

This month, we asked Off the Record to write a guest blog about their book club. “Off the... Read More

To coincide with the Chalke Valley History Festival, Give a Book are excited to announce... Read More

We’ve had a report from one of the Prison Reading Groups about The Railway Man by... Read More

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling MP answered the various points about the ‘ban’ on prisoners receiving... Read More

More on the value of books in prison from Sarah Crompton. She concludes her trenchant... Read More

It’s almost that time of year again. The wonderful Reader Organisation holds their Annual Conference... Read More

Here’s a lovely thing: the fab student theatre group Stage Spiders did a 12 hour... Read More

There was an interesting account by Ros Coward in The Guardian 15th January 2013 of... Read More

We’re very pleased that we’ll be getting regular feedback from the Prison Reading Groups that... Read More

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