A group of close to 150 campaigners is to lobby parliament for school libraries to be made statutory, with authors Chris Priestley and Philip Ardagh among those taking part today.

The campaigners, including teachers, librarians, parents and students, will converge on parliament at 2 p.m. this afternoon, with a march from Victoria...

A report into boys’ reading has found that three out of four UK schools are worried about boys underachieving in reading, but that there is no national strategy to tackle it. Last year some 60,000 boys failed to reach the expected level in reading at age 11.
 
The Boys’ Reading Commission, conducted by the All-...

Authors have reacted angrily to news of a proposed qualification for Creative Practitioners Working with Children and Young People which would mean them having to study health and safety and child welfare, as well as "planning, delivering and evaluating creative learning activities".

It is unclear whether the qualification...

Author Adrian Sykes, with his publisher David Campbell, of Everyman's Library, is to donate a copy of his history book Made in Britain to all 448 London state secondary schools. 

The gift is being made in response to the London Evening Standard's campaign against illiteracy in London schools, and to...