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Pratchett donates a million to Alzheimer's research

Fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett has donated £494,000 (A$1 million) to research into Alzheimer's disease, criticisng the UK government for its lack of funding for the disease.

Reader's Feast donates a library to The Portsea Camp

Melbourne's Reader's Feast Bookstore has donated a library consisting of 800 new books to The Portsea Camp, a not-for-profit children's charity that assists disadvantaged and special-needs children. &...

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Rowling gives a million to UK Labour Party

J K Rowling has donated a million pounds to the UK's Labour Party government to help it address child poverty.

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Dymocks continues to donate for literacy

Dymocks’s seven-year-old charity arm, the Dymocks Literacy Foundation, is to donate 2,652 books to ten pre-schools and special needs schools along the Gold Coast.Titles from Libby Gleeson, Antho...

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Dymocks Literacy Foundation gets into the swing

Authors Matthew Reilly and Bradley Trevor Greive were among over 100 golf enthusiasts getting into the swing of things at the inaugural Dymocks Literacy Foundation Golf Day held last Thursday. All pro...

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Random US donates $1 million to literacy organisation

Random House US has made an unprecedented donation of US$1 million (A$1.2 million) to First Book, a not-for-profit organisation that supports literacy programs.

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Dymocks Literacy Foundation to hold radio-thon

The Dymocks Literacy Foundation is calling for submissions from charities that wish to benefit from its radio-thon with Radio 2UE, designed to raise money for charities to purchase books. The ra...

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