Celebrate the

National Year of Reading

with FREE Live Author Events

Inspire your pupils with interactive, high-energy sessions from real authors — all free when you sign up with your school email.

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A Full Year of Live Author Events

Free for Your School

To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we’re giving every primary school a full year of access to our live, interactive author events.

No trials, no fees — just incredible literacy experiences delivered straight to your classroom.

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Bring Reading to Life

Pupils can ask questions, join in, and feel the excitement of reading together. Perfect for boosting engagement, supporting literacy goals, and creating unforgettable classroom moments.

Simple for Teachers.
Exciting for Pupils.

  • Sign up with a valid school email address
  • We instantly add free credits to your account
  • Choose an event and join with one click
  • Bring an amazing author right into your classroom — no setup, no cost

Why teachers love it

✔️ Builds reading enthusiasm

✔️ Easy to run with whole classes or small groups

✔️ Reliable, teacher-friendly platform

What Educators are Saying

We think our events are pretty special, but don't take our word for it!

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Naomi Jones & Rebecca Ashdown Author / Illustrator event.

The online author event was an outstanding experience for our class. The children thoroughly enjoyed the story reading, which captured their imaginations from the very start. The live drawing session was an enormous success—every single child in my class was completely engaged and able to follow along step by step. By the end of the session, each child had completed their own drawing and was so proud to share their work.

Emilia Pacetta

My class LOVE the virtual author visits with Reading Rocks, they're so engaging, and having their names read out and questions answers makes it so exciting for them. After Emma Carroll's author event today, all her books have gone straight off the shelves!

C.Coffee

Teacher

This was absolutely brilliant-my class (many of whom have significant literary difficulties) we’re totally engaged.

Christina

Teacher

KS3 loved it!

The staff and students loved being part of the talk and we have already started reading 'Serial Chillers'.

All the pupils found it really engaging and the staff enjoyed it too!

Jodi Powers

Teacher

A well organised event with lots of pre-event information. The children thoroughly enjoyed the whole event which was interactive and engaging. Thank you.

Lesley Hall

Teacher

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