Check out our selection of activities to help you to improve your reading skills including activities to get thinking and writing about your favourite books and exclusive videos with best-loved authors.
Reading

Reading activities
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2021 Women's Prize for Fiction: shortlist announced
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In conversation with Alex Wheatle
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Tips on how to listen to an audiobook
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In conversation with Sarah Crossan
International Women's Day
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International Women's Day
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International Women's Day book list age 13+
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International Women's Day Book list: 16+
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In conversation with Dr Megan Rossi
Anti-racism book lists
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Black history month: book list age 16+
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Black Stories Matter book list: age 13+
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Black Stories Matter book list: age 16+
LGBTQ+ booklists
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LGBTQ+ book list: age 13+
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LGBTQ+ book list: age 16+
Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
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Research and write about the Holocaust with author Liz Kessler
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Read extracts of When The World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
Watch
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Becoming by Michelle Obama ( 13+)
Watch Michelle Obama talk about her debut memoir, Becoming
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Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman (13+)
Watch the BBC's version of Noughts + Crosses by Malorie Blackman
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Ordinary People by Diana Evans ( 16+)
Watch Diana Evans introduce her award winning novel, Ordinary People
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (16+)
Hear Bernardine Evaristo`s recommended reads that are helping her escape to somewhere else entirely.
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Nikesh Shukla editor of The Good Immigrant (16+)
Watch Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant, shares some of the ideas that inspired the book
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In conversation with Sarah Crossan (13+)
Watch Sarah Crossan discuss her award winning novel Toffee and answer questions about her career
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In conversation with Alex Wheatle
Watch author Alex Wheatle discuss his latest novel Cane Warriors and answer questions about his career