On the Importance of Reading

Contributor/s : Malorie Blackman

Recorded on date : March 28, 2017

Recorded at Location : London School of Economics

Malorie Blackman, spoke to students at Skinners’ Academy in Hackney in July 2013.

Through its school outreach programme, the RSL is working to widen access to literature. The RSL aims to provide state school pupils with the opportunity to see some of the country’s greatest writers discuss their works and, in doing so, promote a culture of reading and writing in the whole school community.

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