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Books to educate and inspire

Cengage Group supports us with donations of brand-new higher education and English Language Teaching books. As they put together their latest donation, we found out what this charity partnership means to staff.

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The gift of sharing stories

We spoke to Penguin Random House's Social Impact Executive, Amanda Boakye about why they choose to donate books to us and why charity partnerships are so important to the publisher.

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Books to empower communities

Michael Moyo is the Director of the Edward Ndlovu Memorial Trust (ENMT) in Zimbabwe. Michael told us why he believes in the power of reading to change lives.

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The transformative power of books

A teacher and reading champion, Joyce Ampofo is the founder and Chief Executive of Rainbow Trust Foundation, one of Book Aid International’s partners in Ghana.  This is her story. 

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Librarianship in times of conflict

Why do libraries become targets during conflict? And why do so many put themselves in harm’s way to protect them? In this blog, our chair Dr. Alice Prochaska reflects on these questions, and more.  

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