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11 May 2017
The Stars at Oktober Bend review for CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing
Read Arts Award Education Manager Annabel Thomas's review of The Stars at Oktober Bend - a CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted title
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4 May 2017
Salt to the Sea review for CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing
Read Alan Lynch's (Arts Award Support Officer, Education) review for Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, one of the CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted titles
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28 April 2017
The Smell of Other People's Houses review for CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing
Read Arts Award Education Manager Annabel Thomas's review of The Smell of Other People's Houses - a CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted title
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28 April 2017
Reading a book? To get your Arts Award? Go on then...
This year we are thrilled to be working closely with CILIP and the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards to help spread the word that not only is reading great fun, it can also contribute to achieving an Arts Award!
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28 April 2017
Railhead review for CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing
Read Arts Award Administrator Shaun Smith's review for Railhead, one of the CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted titles
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28 April 2017
Wolf Hollow review for CILIP Carnegie Medal Shadowing
Read Arts Award Associate (Museum, Heritage and Libraries) Caroline Bray's review for Wolf Hollow, CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted title
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27 April 2017
Hexham Book Festival: Top Picks
Hexham Book Festival is running from 28th April - 7th May featuring some top authors and writers and a whole host of interesting events.
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17 April 2017
Cambridge Literature Festival: Top Picks
Cambridge Literature Festival is running from 18th-23rd of March, with a whole host of events on more than just books.
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21 March 2017
Defending free-speech - and our right to call it out
Free Speech says everyone has the right to say what they want, even if it is discriminatory or hateful. But that doesn't mean businesses have to sell it, or that we can't call out those who do.
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15 March 2017
Reading For Wellbeing
Can reading be used as therapy? Ellen Orange explores the potential and the pitfalls of 'Books on Prescription'
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6 October 2016
Interview with Sam Baker
Ellen Orange speaks to Sam Baker, a journalist and co-founder of The Pool, and author of The Woman Who Ran, about her career in writing and her new book.
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4 August 2016
Derby Book Festival
Derby Book Festival happens in June every year across the city.
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4 August 2016
Scandinavian Noir sets the bar for UK and US culture
The rise of Scandinavian Noir in popular culture has seriously influenced UK and American TV and novel writing
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27 July 2016
Cover to cover: How to make the best summer reading list
Every summer there are hundreds of lists of recommended summer reads, or perfect books for the beach. While I love a good recommendation, I also like making my own summer books bucket list.
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26 July 2016
Literary Madrid
Following the news that Britain voted to leave the EU Ellen Orange takes a look at Europe's literary treasures.
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7 June 2016
Is literature more accessible now than ever?
With the rise of literature festivals, are we getting closer to, or further from accessible reading?
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26 May 2016
Readers rejoice: there's a new bookworm app in town, and it’s called Litsy!
Described as 'Goodreads meets Instagram', Litsy is more social media focused than the former and unlike the latter, it is exclusively bookish.
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12 May 2016
Literature and mental health: Part 3
I'm now a long way into Warwick University's Literature and Mental Health course on Future Learn, and have started to really consider how books could be used on a wider scale. How do we prescribe reading?