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2026 Read for Empathy Collection launches

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Margaret McDonald inspires 2026 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition

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Introducing Puffin Press

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Shortlist for 2025 ALCS Educational Writers Award announced

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Shortlist announced for the 2026 Information Book Award (IBA)

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Longlist announced for the 2026 Branford Boase Award

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Peace is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2025

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Poetry By Heart launches a new anthology for KS1

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Jamila Gavin wins the 2025 Nero Book Award Children’s Fiction

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Shortlist for the 2026 Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) Awards announced

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Bookmark Reading Charity launches Mind the Gap campaign with call to volunteers

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Inclusive Books for Children reveals 2026 Awards longlist

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Stephen Mangan announces winners of the The Lollies 2025

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School Library Association announces winners of 2025 Information Book Award

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Nero book Awards Category Shortlists Announced

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Rocks, prehistoric animals and the inner workings of a tree: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize shortlist 2025

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8th annual CLPE Reflecting Realities survey: 24% of children’s books published in 2024 feature a racially minoritised character

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Pragya Agarwal and Phyllis Ramage on judging panel for 2026 IBC Awards

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