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Bookstart newsletter - August 2008
The August newsletter for scheme coordinators is now available. ...More »

RTM presentation - summer 08
The presentation given at the recent Regional Training Meetings is available. ...More »

Bookstart TV campaign targets Dads
Bookstart launches a second national television campaign in June aimed specifically at hard-to-reach dads. ...More »

Local reading strategy - pilot study 08
Booktrust is working with two local authorities on a pilot study to develop a strategy for reading, particularly the importance of reading for pleasure and promoting literacy engagement. ...More »

Bookstart in Scotland Day 2008
On Thursday 15th May 2008 more than 12,000 babies, toddlers and their parents joined in with Scotland’s Biggest Bookstart Rhymetime to celebrate Bookstart in Scotland Day 2008. ...More »

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 »

Online Audit 07/08
The Bookstart Online Audit for 2007-08 is now live and available for submission of information on your scheme.  ...More »

Guidance notes on Annual Reports
Please find attached revised guidance notes on Annual Reports which we hope you will find helpful. ...More »

Bookstart nominated for top award
Bookstart was nominated for the Astrid Lingren Memorial Award (ALMA) - the second-largest literature prize in the world. ...More »

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 »

Promoting Bookstart Rhymetimes in Scotland
A new Bookstart TV advertising campaign has been launched in Scotland. ...More »

News on funding in England
We are very pleased to let you know that the DCSF has confirmed that they want Booktrust to deliver Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up in 2008-09.  ...More »

Rhymetimes pilot in Scotland
The Scottish Arts Council’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and Bookstart Scotland are working in partnership with Youth Music to develop the ‘Bookstart Rhymetimes’ project with the Bookstart in Scotland programme. ...More »

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 »

Scottish Learning Festival
Bookstart in Scotland are at the Scottish Learning Festival, 19th-20th September, Glasgow ...More »

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

Get colouring
Colouring-in booklet now available to download. ...More »

Bookstart in Scotland Day 2007
17 May is Bookstart in Scotland Day 2007 and its theme is Highland Culture. ...More »

2006/07 Distribution figures for Regions
Analysis on the data provided by the Online Audit shows improved performance on the percentage of children reached by schemes.  ...More »

Bookstart launches online campaign
Bookstart has stepped up the promotion of their free book-gifting programme by launching an online marketing campaign. ...More »

Annual Report guidelines
Helpful guidance notes on Annual Reports are now available. ...More »

Bookstart Audit 2007 - review
The returns from the Online Audit 2007 have now been analysed. ...More »

Youth Music project update
The two pilot project areas for the Youth Music Bookstart Rhymetime Project have now been chosen. ...More »

Expanding Bookstart Information Morning
Notes and slides from the information morning, held on Tuesday 13th March at Scottish Book Trust. ...More »

Bookstart Discussion board
The Bookstart scheme coordinators Discussion Board is now live. ...More »

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

Spring update 2007
Please note the following new developments from March 2007. ...More »

Chancellor’s Pre-Budget speech
The Chancellor’s Pre-Budget speech yesterday included the good news of funding for free books for children arriving at school and at the transition to secondary school. ...More »

National advertising campaign
A national print campaign advertising Bookstart began on 15 November. ...More »

Youth Music Initiative
Youth Music UK joins forces with Bookstart Rhymetimes to develop a scheme linking books and music for under 5s. ...More »

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

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