by Administrator | Aug 2, 2021 | Quick Reads
The last 18 months haven’t been kind, particularly to young people. The percentage of UK school students eligible for free school meals has risen from 15% to 20% since March 2020, and on top of that they’ve had to cope with online learning, homeschooling, returning to...
by Administrator | Dec 9, 2020 | Quick Reads
Nottingham is in for a treat! The images I’ve seen for the proposed central library in an online article give an impressive scene. Modern, bright, geometrically pleasing architecture, brushed steel shapes hanging from the ceiling. One imagines the pristine, silent,...
by Administrator | Jul 1, 2019 | News & Press
The Nottingham Big City Reads campaign launched on the 1 July 2019, turning the city into one massive,interactive book group. Four books, chosen and championed by our Young City of Literature Ambassadors, are filling city with stories that speak to what it is to be...
by Administrator | Feb 15, 2019 | News & Press
Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature is delighted to welcome 14 Young UNESCO Ambassadors to its new Young City Reads programme. This new programme has been made possible through a funding award of £59,398 from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants...
by Administrator | Jun 15, 2018 | News & Press
Lost Words – words which bring to life our natural world, but which are disappearing from children’s dictionaries, and from their awareness – need to be saved. This is what the book The Lost Words sets out to do. Writer Robert Macfarlane has chosen words, such as...
