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Book Aid International: Back to School Reading for 290,883
September 13, 2021 at 10:14 am

The five-year-old International Excellence Award-winning 'Inspiring Readers' program reaches nearly 300,000 students in the new school year. The post Book Aid International: Back to School Reading for 290,883 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Book Aid International: Back to School Reading for 290,883
September 13, 2021 at 10:14 am

The five-year-old International Excellence Award-winning 'Inspiring Readers' program reaches nearly 300,000 students in the new school year. The post Book Aid International: Back to School Reading for 290,883 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Survey: Canadians Say They’re Reading More Diverse Books
September 13, 2021 at 9:15 am

While Canadians surveyed said they're reading more widely, they're not sure they want authors writing outside their own demographics. The post Survey: Canadians Say They’re Reading More Diverse Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Survey: Canadians Say They’re Reading More Diverse Books
September 13, 2021 at 9:15 am

While Canadians surveyed said they're reading more widely, they're not sure they want authors writing outside their own demographics. The post Survey: Canadians Say They’re Reading More Diverse Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

IBBY Holds Its 37th Congress in Moscow and Online
September 13, 2021 at 8:14 am

'A robust roadmap for the future of publishing,' the IPA's Bodour Al Qasimi says, needs a strong stance on children's literature and reading. The post IBBY Holds Its 37th Congress in Moscow and Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

So Sally Rooney’s racist? Only if you choose to confuse fiction with fact | Nick Cohen
September 11, 2021 at 2:00 pm

The author is the latest to suffer an attempted ‘cancelling’, one born of malice and stupiditySocial media did not create informers and liars. The malicious have always manufactured denunciations and the literal-minded have always confused nuance with sin. The web is simply supercharging one of those dismal moments in history when wilful ignorance and active…

Malorie Blackman: ‘Hope is the spark’
September 11, 2021 at 4:00 am

Malorie Blackman, the former children’s laureate, talks to Sian Cain about finishing her Noughts & Crosses series after 20 years, being namechecked by Stormzy and what inspired her to keep going through years of rejectionMalorie Blackman is used to staying hopeful. She remained so when she opened her 82nd rejection, before her first book, Not…

BBC Books lands Match of the Day Top 10 book
September 11, 2021 at 1:45 am

BBC Books is releasing Match of the Day: Top 10 of Everything by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, to accompany a new 30-episode series of the hit BBC Sounds podcast.