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Sydney Story Factory finds home in Redfern
The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit centre designed to help children and young adults with writing, has announced that it has taken a lease on a property in Redfern for its shop and writing cen...
Three in 10 UK households contain no books
Three in 10 children in the UK live in households that do not contain a single book, according to a new survey by the UK's National Literacy Trust.
2010 'Wall of Hands' literacy project launched
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation launched its 2010 Wall of Hands project last week to raise funds to improve the literacy of children in remote Indigenous communities. The project, whic...
In brief
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant become RHYW publisher partnersReadHowYouWant (RHYW), which produces special formats of books such as DAISY and large print, has announced that HarperCollins Australia and H...
Digital era creates 'a new literacy'
Against criticisms that the digital world is eroding students' writing skills, a new study argues that on the contrary we are in the midst of the flowering of 'a new literacy', where people are writin...
UK government to spend £18m on children's books
The UK government is to spend £18m providing free books for babies and toddlers over the next three years. The money will be spent on around 12 million volumes for children aged 0-3, to be hande...
Flanagan named national literacy ambassador
Author John Flanagan was announced as the 2009 National Literacy Ambassador during the current National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW), by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The a...
B&N adds lexile search
US book chain Barners & Noble will add lexile measures to its search facilities, to give parents a tool “that will help to take the guesswork out of selecting the ‘right’ books f...
Will kids drive e-book take-up?
This short piece from TeleRead suggests that children who aren't necessarily print book ('p-book') readers may well be the market sector that will drive the take-up of e-books.
National Reading Day for Literacy and Numeracy Week
As part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week which kicked off yesterday, National Reading Day also coincides with Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday). Schools that participate in Nationa...
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