National Literacy Trust

Dame Jacqueline Wilson is the first featured author (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Children will be able to access books online for free during school closures

January 17, 2021

(Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph/PA)

Photo of Camilla released to mark new literary project

January 1, 2021

More young people from ethnic minority backgrounds than from white backgrounds do not see themselves in what they read, at 40% compared with 30.5%, according to the study (John Stillwell/PA)

Children struggling to see themselves in books they read, study suggests

December 3, 2020

Nearly one in four young people said they listened to podcasts or audiobooks more during lockdown than before (Peter Byrne/PA)

Rising popularity of podcasts among children ‘could improve reading engagement’

October 21, 2020