We provide resources to promote the library and encourage reading for pleasure throughout the prison.
Book Talk is a resource that recommends two book titles each month together with an overview and discussion questions. It’s a great way for our volunteers to make suggestions, to widen a group’s reading range and to help newer groups get going if they are unsure of what to read.
BOOKSTUFF is a fortnightly handout which celebrates books and reading in the form of quizzes, poetry, philosophical conundrums and short stories. If you would like to sign up to the mailing list for Bookstuff contact Give a Book.
Finding a Good Read is our monthly column in Inside Time which we also send to prison libraries as a handout. We have also created four Finding a Good Read videos for prison television and media channels. Watch them here.
Book lists
Group Guidelines
Guidance notes for new reading groups aimed at confident readers can be accessed here.
For suggestions on starting a group for emergent readers, see Reading the Way.
Annual Reviews
Our yearly reports give an overview and summary of the work the work we do each year. You can read recent ones here.
PRG Evaluation Report 2025
Community, connection and change: an evaluation and impact study of Prison Reading Groups
Becca Bashford, Lead researcher | Sarah Turvey, Director, Prison Reading Groups
The central aim of the evaluation was to identify what members most enjoy and value about the groups and to understand better the impact of reading groups on the lives of prisoner members.
Click below to read the report:
