‘I wonder if we forget the books we’re forced to study, and are obliged to rediscover them in later life’: indeed, and this is just why I wrote #ReadingLessons! theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
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The perfect read for the new school year! #ReadingLessons is 99p on Kindle until the end of September - revisit your school years and take a new look at some classic reads.
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Big news! #ReadingLessons
9 May 2025
A huge cheer for @CarolAtherton8 and her marvellous, generous, inspiring book #ReadingLessons which is shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards!
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A huge cheer for @CarolAtherton8 and her marvellous, generous, inspiring book #ReadingLessons which is shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards!
9 May 2025
✨ Non-Fiction Shortlist ✨
• A Bookshop of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley
• Dispersals by Jessica J. Lee
• Ingrained by Callum Robinson
•Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton
• The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing
• Welcome to the Club by DJ Paulette
#IndieBookAwards
ALT Yellow, blue, green and pink asset featuring flowers and birds. The text says: INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025 Non-Fiction Shortlist #IndieBookAwards The asset features book jackets for the below titles. • A Bookshop of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley • Dispersals by Jessica J. Lee • Ingrained by Callum Robinson •Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton • The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing • Welcome to the Club by DJ Paulette
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20 Mar 2025
Oo! Belated happy #ReadingLessons paperback publication day to my incredibly talented friend @CarolAtherton8 as this message was in my drafts and failed to send
penguin.co.uk/books/455458/r…
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Happy @PenguinUKBooks paperback release day to my insanely talented friend @CarolAtherton8 for the stunning #ReadingLessons
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6 Mar 2025
Gorgeous flowers from @FigTreePenguin to celebrate publication day for the paperback edition of #ReadingLessons! Couldn’t be prouder of this book.
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3 Mar 2025
#ReadingLessons is out in paperback this week, and the lovely team at @FigTreePenguin are giving one lucky winner a free copy of this iconic edition to celebrate!
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1 Mar 2025
Thank you to @Lindahill50Hill for recommending Reading Lessons by @CarolAtherton8 - my order has finally arrived today.
#ReadingLessons
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22 Feb 2025
The lovely people at @Waterstones are running a special offer this weekend: 25% off pre-orders of selected books! And #ReadingLessons is one of them! If you'd like to order the gorgeous new paperback (out on 6 March) then hop over to waterstones.com/campaign/25-….
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19 Feb 2025
Tonight @CarolAtherton8 read from her book #ReadingLessons @EnglishAston @Aston_REACH giving a timely reminder of the value of books, & talking about them, to the lives of pupils & the adults they become. Introduced by Head of Department @mmgiovanelli. Admire that iconic cover!
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16 Feb 2025
Very much looking forward to talking about #ReadingLessons at Aston on Wednesday!
15 Feb 2025
Teachers of English: if you can get to Birmingham in half term, this is a great opportunity to hear Carol talk about her wonderful book ‘Reading Lessons’ and how and why the books we teach matter. And it’s free! @Team_English1 @NATEfeed @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre @LitdriveUK
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15 Feb 2025
How better to spend Saturday morning than with my amazingly talented friend @CarolAtherton8 and having her sign the wonderful paperback edition of #ReadingLessons coming in paperback from @PenguinUKBooks on 6th March?
One of my books of the year in 2024 penguin.co.uk/books/455458/r…
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6 Feb 2025
Very exciting delivery from @FigTreePenguin @penguinrandom today! Gorgeous paperback copies of #ReadingLessons with its iconic Penguin cover. Hugo the cat got a new box, too 🙂
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28 Jan 2025
Cover reveal for the paperback edition of #ReadingLessons! It feels such a huge honour to have this iconic design on the cover. An absolute, total dream. Thank you so much to everyone at @FigTreePenguin and to the fabulous @EverSoBookish!
28 Jan 2025
‘Profound and empathetic… an engrossing book’ - The Independent
Coming soon in iconic paperback: #ReadingLessons, an English Teacher's Love Letter to the Books That Make Us.
We're so excited about this beautiful cover - and the wonderful book inside it! @CarolAtherton8
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28 Jan 2025
‘Profound and empathetic… an engrossing book’ - The Independent
Coming soon in iconic paperback: #ReadingLessons, an English Teacher's Love Letter to the Books That Make Us.
We're so excited about this beautiful cover - and the wonderful book inside it! @CarolAtherton8
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25 Dec 2024
Bought a copy of @CarolAtherton8 book #ReadingLessons by a friend from back home. The first chapter I come to when I open the book is the one about To Kill A Mockingbird (personal fave) but excited more so to see that they grew up in Newton as I’m fromSt.Helens!
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The 14 most underrated books of 2024: not only #ReadingLessons, but also @MichaelDonkor’s excellent #GrowWhereTheyFall. inews.co.uk/culture/books/mo…
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Thrilled to get home to the @PenguinUKBooks email newsletter to find #ReadingLessons by my brilliant friend @CarolAtherton8 is a 'favourite book so far this year' as I couldn't agree more @FigTreePenguin lindasbookbag.com/2024/04/04…
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