☀️ 'This month the report comes from HMP Wandsworth where one of the PRG groups read Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. We talked a lot about where feelings come from – are they innate or are they learned?' Read more on our blog: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/reading-grou... @faberbooks.bsky.social

Thrilled to receive these brilliant Very Short Introductions from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social - gifted by Jenny Hartley, co-founder of Prison Reading Groups and author of the Charles Dickens edition! 📚✨ Perfect for our adult reading projects. 💡 More on what we do: giveabook.org.uk/projects/

🪶 Several of our prison reading groups picked Claire Keegan’s book Small Things Like These this year. One reader said: 'I didn’t think it would be my kind of book […] But it takes hold of you and by the end I loved it.' Read more: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/reading-grou... @faberbooks.bsky.social

Exciting news: we recently welcomed author Sebastian Faulks to HMP Wandsworth, where we run 3 reading groups! 📚 His novel The Seventh Son sparked conversations on science, morality & humanity. ⚛️ ⚛️ 🔗 prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/sebastian-faulks-visit @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AuthorVisit

📚 One of our emergent reader groups called The Donor 'brilliant' with 'twist after twist after twist'! Quick Reads open doors and spark powerful discussions. Find out more: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/reading-grou... @readingagency.bsky.social @claremackwrites.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social

📚 “You gave us a modern day To Kill a Mockingbird.” 📚 A glowing book review from one of our prison reading group members of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. 💙 🔗 Read here: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/book-review-... @angiethomas.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #ReadingforPleasure

Becca Bashford spent over a year working with us on an evaluation and impact study of the work of Prison Reading Groups. We were so excited to present the findings at a launch event at the the House of Lords last month. Read the full report here: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk 📑 #prisonreadinggroups

Was pleased to be invited to a @prg-uk.bsky.social event yesterday to launch their evaluation report. Well worth reading in full but I thought the impact on connections and relationships within and outside prison were particularly important. prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Privilege to be in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk to hear about the impact of Prison Reading Groups and the vital work of prison libraries to support prisoner rehabilitation earlier this afternoon. Sarah Turvey founder of @prg-uk.bsky.social speaking. @prisonlibraries.bsky.social

Our reading group at HMP Standford Hill recently enjoyed @alexgarland.bsky.social's The Beach, published by one of our key supporters @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. 🏖️ ‘Did video games desensitise Richard and make him immune to violence?’ Read more: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/reading-grou... 👀

Our first post on here and it's an important one... Voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards closes tomorrow! 🗳️ Please vote for the short film about Prison Reading Groups - Solace and Connection Through Reading - here: tinyurl.com/2jk9e643 #CFA25 #MediaTrustFilms @mediatrust.bsky.social