Podcast about reading for pleasure for children and teenagers. Chats with teachers, librarians and authors. Book reviews etc. May grow your TBR pile…
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📙 We chat with AM Dassu about her stunning new book Wild Journey — five interlinked stories about children around the world, connected by a murmuration of starlings and illustrated by Joe Lillington.
🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/8MbE644
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📚 For the National Year of Reading, we’re sharing short conversations with people promoting reading for young people.
🎉 First up: Mo O’Hara from Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest!
💬 Run a reading project or event? Get in touch: mostlybooktalk.com
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How do testing, technology & access to books affect children’s reading for pleasure? We hear from authors, teachers & librarians on the pressures shaping reading today and why it matters.
🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/Czich7o
#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure
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Why aren’t children reading for pleasure and what can we do about it?
We look at the data, explore key barriers, and hear from authors, teachers & literacy experts working to change the story.
🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/7Zut6PU
#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #teachers
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Get ready for an exciting new series from Mostly Book Talk: The Reading Crisis. Launching soon!
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23 Dec 2025
23 Dec 2025
📙 Episode 37: Libraries Are a Very Good Thing 📚
We’re celebrating libraries with Rebecca Gediking (GLL) on supporting authors & schools, plus Barbara Band on her book Championing Your School Library.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/-2JfVI4
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23 Dec 2025
📙 Episode 37: Libraries Are a Very Good Thing 📚
We’re celebrating libraries with Rebecca Gediking (GLL) on supporting authors & schools, plus Barbara Band on her book Championing Your School Library.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/-2JfVI4
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30 Oct 2025
Out today - @mossmontmomery ‘s first adult book and it’s great. Sweary octogenarian, twisty plot and intriguing historical facts. But most importantly, very fun. Probably not one to recommend to pupils, but totally recommend for grown up reading pleasure. #UKKidsLit author
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15 Oct 2025
🎉 We’re finalists at the Independent Podcast Awards 2025!
📚 Mostly Book Talk celebrates teachers, librarians & parents who champion children’s & YA reading for pleasure!
#PodcastAwards #ReadingForPleasure #MostlyBookTalk
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14 Oct 2025
📙 Episode 36: We chat with Nathanael Lessore, author of Steady for This & King of Nothing, about writing for teens, the power of humour, and his hilarious Superpower series.
🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/t2KIAYA
#NathanaelLessore #YAfiction #MiddleGrade #MostlyBookTalk
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9 Oct 2025
🌍 Fantastic news! @TomPercivalSays our guest from Episode 25 of Mostly Book Talk, has won Children’s Book of the Year: Older Fiction (9–12) at The Week Junior Book Awards for his moving novel The Wrong Shoes.
🎧 Catch up: loom.ly/sKiZHe4
#TomPercival #TheWrongShoes
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7 Oct 2025
📙 Episode 35: Dr Julie Blake on Poetry By Heart and Ross Montgomery’s Latest Books 🔗 Listen here: loom.ly/73Rh2H4
#ChildrensBooks #ChildrensPoetry #Teachers #Schools
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2 Oct 2025
*Just* in time to still be National Poetry Day we bring you our latest episode of Mostly Book Talk where we talk to Dr Julie Blake, founder and co-director of Poetry by Heart with lots of information about how schools can get involved @poetrybyheart #poetry #kidlitUK #edutwitter
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4 Oct 2025
We also review the latest two books in @mossmontmomery ‘s prodigious output. A big thumbs up for Small Wonder - pacey adventure with wide appeal - and for his first book for adults, The Murder at World’s End - a devour in one gulp mystery #books #rfp
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17 Sep 2025
📙 Episode 34: @Ashley__Thorpe on 'The Boy to Beat the Gods' and 'Spirit Warriors' 🔗 Listen here: loom.ly/Yu9NQ70 or wherever you get your podcasts!
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11 Sep 2025
Very excited to have been shortlisted for this 🎉 #readingforpleasure #kidlituk
11 Sep 2025
We received so many amazing entries this year, and our team of judges were blown away by the incredible talent.
Now it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the 2025 shortlist has been chosen!
🔗 View the shortlist: independentpodcastawards.com…
#indiepods25
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14 Aug 2025
📙 Episode 33: In this episode of our podcast, award-winning author Maisie Chan joins us to talk about her brand-new children’s novel, Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past. Listen here: loom.ly/iXDJhu0
#MaisieChan #ChildrensBooks #Podcast
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14 Aug 2025
The British Library event that @MaisieWrites mentions can be found here events.bl.uk/events/family-w…
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