Preparing for school visits
CWIG committee member Ian Billings on how authors can best prepare for school visits
Children’s laureates call on government to prioritise books and reading for pleasure
Michael Morpurgo, Joseph Coelho, and former Children’s Laureates wrote to Government demanding a long-term strategy to get children reading
Judicial Review relating to Oak National Academy granted permission to proceed
The Judicial Review claim relating to the Department for Education’s proposed operating model for its new arm’s length body, Oak National Academy, has been granted permission to proceed by the High Court
Welcoming our new Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group Chair, Abie Longstaff
Abie takes up the role alongside her position on the SoA’s Management Committee to advocate for the rights and interests of all children’s writers and illustrators
How can we turn 21st century children into readers?
Literary specialist, Sue Palmer, considers how to motivate children to read within education