The Page Turner Awards is inviting creative authors, writers, and screenwriters from around the globe to enter their writing projects into their 2022 awards, which has just opened. In particular, the awards judging panel is keen to discover unique voices from diverse cultures. The team at Page Turner Awards passionately believes that talented writers can be from any background, age, race, religion, or interest. Whether you have a guide to the most intriguing cultural practises, a memoir about your diversity…

Public libraries in Wales are celebrating the Winter of Wellbeing campaign with three days of online national events this March (15-17). Schools and colleges across the country are being invited to tune in to join a fantastic line-up of authors and ambassadors who’ll be shining a light on the power of reading to help us cope in tough times and to connect us to others, through music, poetry, chat and debate. The Winter of Wellbeing is the Welsh Government’s cross-sector…

Independent Bookshop Week 2019 Indie bookshops host events and exclusives, with author tours, illustrated windows, prizes, exclusive book releases – and much more Patrick Gale, Victoria Hislop, Katherine Rundell, Ben Aaronovitch, Jo Brand, Libby Page, Catherine Bruton, Liz Fenwick among authors taking part in IBW 2019 Oi IBW Children’s Bag design revealed Over 400 bookshops across the UK & Ireland to take part   London: Plans for Independent Bookshop Week 2019 (15-22 June) have been revealed, including author tours and…

This September, as part of its annual Time to Read Campaign, BookTrust, Emma Kenny and leading children’s illustrators including Chris Riddell, Sarah McIntyre of the Pictures Mean Business campaign and Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child, are asking families to recognise the importance of illustrated books. They are also encouraging parents to take time to read and share stories together to help children to understand the world around them, enabling them to figure out fact from fiction and allowing them to…

Join the #WalkersWave for the chance to win tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final Reading, 19th May 2017 – In a bid to unite fans and celebrate the world’s most watched annual sporting occasion that is the UEFA Champions League Final, Walkers as Official Sponsor of the UEFA Champions League is creating the world’s most inclusive and immersive #WalkersWave. Rendering of the #WalkersWave dug out on Queen Street   Screen shots of Walkers ambassador Gary Lineker leading fans in…

New commuter-friendly summaries of leading business books launched Britain’s rail network, buses and the Tube are about to be turned into the country’s biggest learning zone, enabling busy professionals to learn the lessons of respected business leaders and self-help experts in the time it takes to get to work in the morning. A new service has launched in the UK, Joosr (www.joosr.com) – providing downloadable non-fiction book summaries that can be read in just 20 minutes. The subscription-based app offers top quality summaries of some of the world’s most…

    Mills & Boon, the UK’s leading publisher of romantic fiction, will partner with The Reading Agency this summer, working with Brecon & Caerphilly Libraries plus a number of libraries across the UK to help readers to fall in love at their library. The #LoveAtTheLibrary campaign aims to remind adults of the joys of reading and inspire them to visit their local library and rekindle their love affair with books. Running from June 1st until July 31st, participating libraries…