Coram Beanstalk is helping to develop and deliver a new Books Together programme to support parents of young children to read together regularly and encourage them to embed storytelling into their routine, through a series of informative and interactive sessions within Coram Family and Childcare's Parent Champions programme. Read more
Coram has teamed up with bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph to launch a ‘Reveal Your Character’ competition for children, celebrating the charity’s new partnership with ITV’s The Masked Singer. Enter before 7 February 2024. Read more
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A book-themed quiz from Literary Laughs took place in South London last night and almost £1000 was raised for Coram Beanstalk. Read more.... Read more
On Tuesday 5 December children from secondary schools across Lancashire met author Frank Cottrell-Boyce at the Blackpool Tower for a special event to mark the launch of our Reading Leaders programme to secondary schools in Lancashire. Read more
School children from Argyle Primary School in Camden enjoyed a 'somewhere special to read’ session at St. Pancras International’s book-themed Christmas tree on Friday 1 December. The children were joined by Coram Beanstalk’s volunteer reading helpers and were able to listen to some of the audiobooks in the reading nooks at the bottom of the Hatchards book-themed Christmas tree. Read more
This week, Coram Beanstalk's first Liverpool BookFest took place at The Very Group's head office, bringing author sessions with Marie Basting and Mark Powers to Coram Beanstalk partner schools in the North West. Read more
Coram Beanstalk's annual BookFest returned to London in October 2023 with very special guests, Liz Pichon and Maria Motunrayo Adebisi. Read more... Read more
On 26 September Coram Beanstalk celebrated the 50th anniversary of it's reading volunteer programme with a the publication of a new report, ‘50 Years of Reading Results’ and a reception to mark the occasion. Read more
On 8 September, Coram Beanstalk reading helpers across the country were able to celebrate the power of reading for pleasure and our 50th birthday with a variety of expert speakers and authors at a London venue - and online everywhere via a livestream link. Read more
Coram Beanstalk is launching six weeks of super summer challenges to keep children reading over the summer holiday. Take a look at the challenges set by Poet Joshua Seigal, Author Naomi Jones, Author Andy Seed, Author/ illustrator Jamie Smart, Author/ illustrator Dapo Adeola and Author Tola Okohgwu here... Read more