Blog Archive

This year was particularly special as it marked twenty years since Prison Reading Groups began, and two years since Prison Reading Groups became part of Give a Book.

Unesco recently published an interesting and extensively researched paper entitled Books Beyond Bars: The Transformative…

Featured in Inside Time in September 2019 Every year, the Cityread project (slogan: One City,…

We are always impressed and encouraged by the range of feedback and reports we receive…

The report this month comes from HMP Pentonville where Alex Manolatos has been running the reading group for over six years.

Our reading groups each have their own unique story, and we’re inspired by the efforts of our reading group volunteers…

Thanks to generous support from Penguin Random House, we are able to request book sets…

Featured in Inside Time in May 2019 The report this month comes from HMP Brixton…

A blog on our latest family initiative, What Happens Next? at HMP Wandsworth.

All in all a great discussion that showed just what books can do….

Featured in Inside Time in March 2019 The report this month comes from HMP Norwich, where the group discussed Belinda Bauer’s…

PRG group facilitators at Thameside and High Down supported Penguin Random House volunteers at an audiobook event to…