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It’s Independent Book Week from 30 June-7 July and participating independent booksellers have voted for their favourite adults’ and children’s books, from nominations put forward by publishers. You, the public will vote for the winning authors, so pick up a voting leaflet at [...]

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Join international bestselling author of The Last Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, as she brings to life her first book for teenagers – Changeling. Register at www.philippagregorylive.com to watch Philippa Gregory streamed live across the internet to you on Wednesday 30th May at 13.00-14.00. You’ll [...]

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It is a magical 25 years since the first publication of Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul. On her official birthday – Friday 13th July – Korky Paul will be starring in a very special event for schools with CBeebies [...]

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2012′s 500 WORDS short story writing competition on Radio 2 has been a huge success, with children in the UK submitting over 74,000 stories! 

Since then, over 2,000 volunteer teachers and librarians and the National Literacy Trust have whittled it down [...]

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You have seen him on your TV, now watch him on your whiteboard! Multi-talented funny man David Walliams will be talking about his hilarious new book Gangsta Granny. Guaranteed to cause an epidemic of smiles to breakout across the UK. For children [...]

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The fabulous finale to a wonderful World Book Day was an event for teens to promote our brand new app at the Apple store, Covent Garden. Charlie, Malorie and Sophie were on sparkling form and discussed everything from starting school, [...]

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Events

In the Events section you can see the range of activities and events organised by thousands of people around the country, many of which you can attend.

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Resources

Take a look at all the great World Book Day Resources that you can download FREE for use at home, in the classroom or in your bookshop or library.

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