News & Updates
Summer Book Club 2025
Ideal for secondary school transition, summer school activities and sending out to families with information as they prepare for Year 7.
Read the full article
Informal Book Talk – FREE OU seminar
Drawing on the long history of reading for pleasure research, and with a renewed focus on oracy in primary classrooms, the OU team will discuss findings from their recent studies
Read the full article
New authors and titles added to Who Next...?
This week Who Next has been updated with 18 new authors and over 100 titles, plus lots of existing entries have been revised with updated information including more alternative authors and titles.
Read the full article
BBC Radio 2 Book Club
Get up to date with the latest featured books
Read the full article
Reading Groups for Everyone to become Book Club Hub
from 2nd April 2025
Read the full article
2025 Summer Reading Challenge theme announced
Story Garden: Adventures in Nature & the Great Outdoors.
Read the full article
The Week Junior Book Awards 2025
Entries are now open!
Read the full article
Explore the power of storytelling
In this special video for National Storytelling Week 2025, Danyah Miller explores the power of spontaneous storytelling.
Read the full article
Verse for the Voracious Reader
The Open University's latest blog discusses how verse novels are multi-faceted, with a huge potential to challenge readers of all abilities.
Read the full article
Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025
The HarperCollins/OU/UKLA Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025 are now open for entries!
Read the full article
Children and young people’s listening in 2024
The National Literacy Trust's latest report on audio formats and children and young people
Read the full article
The Children’s Book Project
Redistributes thousands of new and gently used books to children and their families
Read the full article
New authors added to Who Next...?
Lots of new content added, including 12 new authors and 59 new titles!
Read the full articleIf you already have a Who Next...? account you can sign in below.
Sign up for an individual account and experience two weeks FREE access to Who Next...?
No obligation to continue. No card details required!