The Benefits of Reading Before Bed

One night time habit that will transform your sleep and mornings
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March 11, 2025

How to get free books for children of all ages on World Book Day

Families are welcome at Barnardo’s Stores to come along and choose a book of their choice for free, thanks to Awesome Books donating 10,000 books for the special celebrated day.

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March 06, 2025

 

Awesome Books and Barnardo’s Mark World Book Day by Giving Away Free Books to Children

 During World Book Day, children visiting any participating Barnardo’s store will have the chance to pick a book of their choice at no cost, thanks to 10,000 donations from Awesome Books.

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March 05, 2025

 

World Book Day – Awesome Books and Barnardo’s Partner to Gift Free Books to Children

 As a part of Awesome Books’ ongoing mission to donate 100,000 books to children who need them most, Awesome Books has donated over 10,000 children’s books to Barnardo’s stores.

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March 05, 2025

 

World Book Day – Awesome Books and Barnardo’s Join Forces to Provide Free Books for Children

Awesome Books is donating more than 10,000 books to Barnardo’s stores. Between 6th and 8th March 2025, children visiting any of these stores will be able to choose a book for free.

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March 05, 2025

 

World Book Day – Awesome Books and Barnardo’s Unite to Give Free Books to Children

This year for World Book Day, sustainable bookseller Awesome Books has partnered with children’s charity Barnardo’s to distribute thousands of books free of charge across the UK.

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March 05, 2025

 

ITV NEWS: A peek inside the Oxfordshire warehouse finding homes for four million second-hand books

Four million books line the warehouse that is looking to spread the power of reading to families and give a new lease of life to second-hand books, as ITV News Meridian's Kara Digby reports.

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Nov 10, 2023

 

BBC OXFORD: Rehoming 4 million books in Wallingford!
Turner-nominated artist David Shrigley made the news for pulping 6,000 copies of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code and republishing them as George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The artist sourced the books from Awesome Books in Wallingford - a company saving secondhand books from landfill and finding them new homes.

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Oct 30, 2023

 

THE TIMES: New chapter for old books as warehouse handles tonnes of tomes
This is where books come to be reborn. The warehouse, which was credited by the artist David Shrigley last week for helping him to collect thousands of copies of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, takes books from charity shops and recycling centres and sends them around the world.

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Oct 29, 2023

 

BBC NEWS: David Shrigley: Artist pulps 6,000 copies of The Da Vinci Code and turns them into 1984

The Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley has pulped 6,000 copies of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code and republished them as George Orwell's novel 1984.

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Oct 26, 2023


UK Reads & AwesomeBooks join forces to tackle the literacy gap

UK Reads & AwesomeBooks join forces to tackle the literacy gap with more than 30,000 free books sent to children in disadvantaged communities.
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Oct 28, 2022

AwesomeBooks to donate 50,000 books via National Literacy Trust
Retailer AwesomeBooks is giving a copy of every book sold on its site to the National Literary Trust (NLT), which will match them to children and schools who need them.
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Jul 30, 2021