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#Reading

Cllr Reed and author Tom Palmer
Award-winning author kicks off football themed reading scheme...
28 March 2024

Young people from schools across North Lincolnshire are once again being helped to discover the joy of reading, thanks to…

Photograph of Riddings Library
Permanent book amnesty as library fines are abolished
12 July 2023

Libraries across North Lincolnshire have swung open their doors and announced all library fines have been abolished, permanently. Library members…

Picture of man with mobile tennis court
Ready, Set, Read: The challenge is on
7 July 2023

The Summer Reading Challenge is back! This year’s challenge kicks off with a fantastic free day of open air sports…

Andrew Percy MP pictured with council leader, Rob Waltham at an Imagination Library celebration event
800,000 books and counting: the incredible success story of...
16 November 2022

The phenomenal success of North Lincolnshire’s Imagination Library is being celebrated on the eve of the book gifting scheme’s 10th…

Meet Author - Sarah Hagger-Holt
Meet the inspirational LGBTQ+ author Sarah Hagger-Holt
20 August 2021

Author Sarah Hagger-Holt has helped to take books with LGBTQ+ characters from prejudice to Pride and she will be visiting…

Photograph of Tom Palmer at the Scunthorpe United Reading Stars launch event
Football inspires hundreds more children to discover the joy of...
4 May 2021

Young people from five North Lincolnshire primary schools are being helped to discover the joy of reading, thanks to the…

Mum and young son looking at picture of Dolly Parton
Parents praise ‘fantastic’ Imagination Library
11 December 2020

Parents have responded in their hundreds to praise North Lincolnshire Council’s Imagination Library, which sends a book every month to…

Summer Reading Challenge Artwork
Sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge 2020
19 June 2020

Children and young people are being encouraged to join the Silly Squad and take part in the Summer Reading Challenge…

Front cover of a children's book called 'A place called home'
Council works with local author to share more than 400 free books
7 May 2020

North Lincolnshire Council has supported local children’s writer Addy Farmer to share more than 400 free copies of her book…

2 children and an adult in a tent reading
Huge demand for reading met by online library services
6 May 2020

A huge increase in the use of online services has meant more people have enjoyed popular books, newspapers and magazines,…

Katherine Wilson-Dobbs reveals her Little Library design at Luddington and Garthorpe Primary School
Little Libraries open in North Lincolnshire to provide free...
31 October 2019

North Lincolnshire Children’s Literacy Trust has launched exciting and innovative ‘Little Libraries’ to provide children with access to free books.…

Firefighter and child spraying water from hose
Two years of firefighter reading scheme
9 May 2019

North Lincolnshire Council has celebrated more than two years of the Words Count firefighter reading scheme with schools across the…

Keith Gray and pupil in front of book tour banner
Award-winning author inspires children in North Lincolnshire
13 November 2018

Pupils from Outwood Academy Foxhills, St Hugh’s Communication and Interaction Specialist College and Winterton Community Academy were visited recently by…