News

April 2008

New Book Crawl certificates for NYR
Booktrust has commissioned ten new Bookstart Book Crawl certificates by new illustrators as part of our celebration of the National Year of Reading.  ...More »

February 2008

Bookshine launch
The new Bookshine and Booktouch packs are being launched at the end of February. ...More »

Booktrust publish Best Children's Book poll
Narnia tops a Booktrust poll to finds the Best Children's Book of All Time. ...More »

Bookstart launches debut TV campaign
Bookstart launched a national television campaign on 4th February aimed at raising awareness of the programme. ...More »

January 2008

Bookstart Rhymetime Project in Scotland
Youth Music UK have joined forces with Bookstart Rhymetimes to develop a scheme linking books and music for under 5s. ...More »

October 2007

National Bookstart Day 2007
National Bookstart Day took place on Friday 5 October, with over 2,000 jungle parties taking place around the country. ...More »

August 2007

Bookstart in Scotland Conference 2007
Book yourself a place at the Bookstart in Scotland conference at Glasgow City Halls on Thursday 13th September.  ...More »

March 2007

Name the new Bookstart pack
…and win a box of books and other goodies! ...More »

October 2006

National Bookstart Day 2006
National Bookstart Day 2006 took place on Friday 6 October and we made it bigger and better than ever before! ...More »

September 2006

Bookstart Conference 2006
The Bookstart Conference 2006 took place at the Congress Centre, London, on 28 September. ...More »