literacy

Roddy Doyle: 'We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops'
Books

Roddy Doyle: 'We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops'

Roddy Doyle explains why the Booker Prize Foundation is joining forces with Big Issue to give a free short story collection to every reader
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: 'Reading is the world'
Big Issue vendor Andre Rostant
Reader offer

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: 'Reading is the world'

A free book for every reader! Get your free Quick Reads short story collection here
All Around The World: Stories by Booker Prize Writers
Competitions

A free book for every reader! Get your free Quick Reads short story collection here

AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’
Social Justice

AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'
Reading

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year
Language

Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Emmaus Salford's Lucy
Homelessness

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it

Author Sam Leith: 'A good children's story lasts a lifetime'
Sam Leith

Author Sam Leith: 'A good children's story lasts a lifetime'

From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children's books of 2024
Children's books

From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children's books of 2024

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it's becoming an uncomfortable crisis
libraries credit robin byles
Robert Glick

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it's becoming an uncomfortable crisis

We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate
Matteo Bergamini

We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here's how it's changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Shannon Trust prison mentors
Prisons

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here's how it's changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Stock image showing a person reaching for a book in a library
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the 'right to read'
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the 'right to read'

What's behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?
Education

What's behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital
Taylor Swift greets Swifties during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo Credit Brent Perniac/AdMedia/Sipa USA
Opinion

Taylor Swift’s break-up shows why media literacy is vital

Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'
TV

Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'

How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good
Books

How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good

Poldark returns: Poverty and illiteracy are the big issues of the day
TV

Poldark returns: Poverty and illiteracy are the big issues of the day

The legacy of Penned Up: How prison literacy changed my life
Books

The legacy of Penned Up: How prison literacy changed my life

John Bird: Investing in prisoners could help them rewrite their story
John Bird

John Bird: Investing in prisoners could help them rewrite their story

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'It’s not just about DC and Marvel': How comics are a literacy gateway drug
Paul Bristow Mhairi Robertson Magic Torch
Books

'It’s not just about DC and Marvel': How comics are a literacy gateway drug

Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff
International Literacy Day
Books

Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff