The Latest Breaking News from BookTrust

Children’s publishing is awash with celebrity authors. So when Frank Cottrell-Boyce was named BookTrust’s Children’s Laureate, some fellow writers may not have been wholly delighted. After all, Cottrell-Boyce is better known by many for his screenwriting work. He has written successful screenplays for a roster of films, including Millions (2004),…

One in five children have a book read to them less than once a month

The British Muslim author thinks no adult should belittle a child’s choice of reading and looks forward to a ‘representative ecology’ in UK children’s publishing

The BookTrust charity aims to provide 16,000 ‘surprise’ festive parcels to children .

BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenism

Survey shows more than 60% of UK parents will be spending less this year on gifts for children, as charity begins #JustOneBook drive to give disadvantaged youngsters book parcels

Prominent literary figures and famous faces have paid tribute to Briggs and shared how his work impacted their lives.

BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families

The poet and children’s author, who takes over from Cressida Cowell, was praised as an ‘extraordinary advocate for making poetry accessible to all’