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Philip Pullman books to read if you love His Dark Materials

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The book cover for The Body Keeps the Score against a white background with blue and yellow splotches.

The Body Keeps the Score: how a book about trauma is transforming readers’ lives

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A collage on a teal background of a woman walking with a backpack and a map, Beatrix Potter's house, sunflowers and Newstead Abbey

The UK's best literary days out for bookworms and readers

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The best books for reality TV obsessives

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How to write the perfect modern-day sex scene

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A flatlay of the most popular books on TikTok on a white background.

The books blowing up on TikTok

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A photo of two stacks of Vintage novels, with Push by Sapphire, Courage to Care, and The Hungover Games atop them, all against a yellow background.

Quiz: which book should be on your summer reading list this year?

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A stylised image of the personal journal Burn After Writing on a fiery red background.

#BurnAfterWriting: How an anti-social media journal became a TikTok phenomenon

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Tom Weldon, CEO of Penguin Random House

If we want publishers to keep taking risks, we must protect our copyright laws

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Pictures of celebrities

Reading inspiration from your favourite celebrities

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A photo of a young girl sitting down reading a book against a green background

How to start a parent and child book club

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A picture of the book Hey Duggee: Duggee and the Magical Unicorn

Safety Notice: Product Recall – Hey Duggee: Duggee and the Magical Unicorn

Entry Kit, the type is in black and written on a yellow background

Creative Student Prize: Entry Kit

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Creative Student Prize: Teaching Resources

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A quote from Albert Camus reading "All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football", in yellow and white letters against a green football pitch background.

11 literary quotes about the beautiful game

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A picture of several children's books that are perfect for fans of Disney's Frozen on a pink and blue ombre background with snowflakes

Books for kids who are obsessed with Disney’s Frozen

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Tiled pictures of 3 winning book cover designs in the 2021 Student Design Awards

Winners of the 2021 Student Design Award revealed

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Bernardine Evaristo Lit in Colour

A diverse curriculum will help kids grow emotionally and intellectually

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A school studying Malorie Blackman at GCSE

Fewer than 1% of GCSE students in England study a book by a writer of colour

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How to start a book club: read a book by a writer of colour this summer

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Tom Weldon, CEO of Penguin Random House, in a school

It's time for a story that includes all students