Gah! It’s Sathnam Sanghera. I’m so excited to hear him speak. #LitInColour
September 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gah! It’s Sathnam Sanghera. I’m so excited to hear him speak. #LitInColour
I’m speaking at the Lit In Colour Teachers’ Conference at the British Library today - currently listening to Farrah Serroukh on reader identity. How would you finish that sentence? What does that tell you? How would a young person finish that sentence? #LitInColour
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I’m speaking at the Lit In Colour Teachers’ Conference at the British Library today - currently listening to Farrah Serroukh on reader identity. How would you finish that sentence? What does that tell you? How would a young person finish that sentence? #LitInColour
With 180+ others, we're proud signatories of Penguin's open letter urging gov't to consider our #LitInColour Pioneers Pilot findings (published with Penguin Books UK, Pearson Edexcel, and @ox.ac.uk) and commit to diversifying the English Literature curriculum 👇
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
Lit in Colour open letter
www.penguin.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
With 180+ others, we're proud signatories of Penguin's open letter urging gov't to consider our #LitInColour Pioneers Pilot findings (published with Penguin Books UK, Pearson Edexcel, and @ox.ac.uk) and commit to diversifying the English Literature curriculum 👇
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
I'm all geared up to teach 'Boys Don't Cry' by @malorieblackman.bsky.social at GCSE after attending tonight's #LitInColour online session.
We have an exciting two years ahead!
We have an exciting two years ahead!
May 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm all geared up to teach 'Boys Don't Cry' by @malorieblackman.bsky.social at GCSE after attending tonight's #LitInColour online session.
We have an exciting two years ahead!
We have an exciting two years ahead!
Working with our friends Yorkshire Contemporary, we stopped by Hamara Healthy Living Centre to share another beautiful batch of books and activity packs with local families & children.
Thanks to @booktrust.org.uk & @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitinColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
Thanks to @booktrust.org.uk & @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitinColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
April 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Working with our friends Yorkshire Contemporary, we stopped by Hamara Healthy Living Centre to share another beautiful batch of books and activity packs with local families & children.
Thanks to @booktrust.org.uk & @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitinColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
Thanks to @booktrust.org.uk & @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitinColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
The third instalment of Bloomsbury’s (Incomplete) #LitinColour Play List is here. It features 59 plays by writers of colour - including 32 Methuen Drama plays - for secondary school-age students to read, perform and study in the classroom.
Download at Bloomsbury.com/LitinColour
Download at Bloomsbury.com/LitinColour
June 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The third instalment of Bloomsbury’s (Incomplete) #LitinColour Play List is here. It features 59 plays by writers of colour - including 32 Methuen Drama plays - for secondary school-age students to read, perform and study in the classroom.
Download at Bloomsbury.com/LitinColour
Download at Bloomsbury.com/LitinColour
Win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour plays! 📚
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List.
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
(Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List.
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
(Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour plays! 📚
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List.
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
(Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List.
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
(Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU
There is a school in Scotland where this exists as a way of trying to tackle the whiteness of the curriculum: www.publishingscotland.org/2024/08/linl...
Linlithgow Academy has book vending machine installed as part of Penguin's #LitInColour scheme | Publishing Scotland
Linlithgow Academy was picked from over 800 applications from schools across the UK.
www.publishingscotland.org
August 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
There is a school in Scotland where this exists as a way of trying to tackle the whiteness of the curriculum: www.publishingscotland.org/2024/08/linl...
📚 💃🏾 MORE BOOKS IN MOTION WITH LIKKLE LIT FEST ON THE ROAD
We loved stopping by RJC Dance this week to share more brilliant books with their amazing young dancers
🙏🏾 Huge thanks to our friends @booktrust.org.uk and @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitInColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
#ACEsupported
We loved stopping by RJC Dance this week to share more brilliant books with their amazing young dancers
🙏🏾 Huge thanks to our friends @booktrust.org.uk and @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitInColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
#ACEsupported
April 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM
📚 💃🏾 MORE BOOKS IN MOTION WITH LIKKLE LIT FEST ON THE ROAD
We loved stopping by RJC Dance this week to share more brilliant books with their amazing young dancers
🙏🏾 Huge thanks to our friends @booktrust.org.uk and @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitInColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
#ACEsupported
We loved stopping by RJC Dance this week to share more brilliant books with their amazing young dancers
🙏🏾 Huge thanks to our friends @booktrust.org.uk and @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #LitInColour
📸: David Lindsay - Photographer
#ACEsupported
See here for The (Incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
You can search by age
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
You can search by age
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
September 7, 2024 at 10:47 AM
See here for The (Incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
You can search by age
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
You can search by age
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
We are proud to release a special digital edition of #TSL, exploring Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in #schoollibraries & children's books. Sponsored by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, the release coincides with the 2025 #LitInColour (Incomplete) Book Lists 👉 bit.ly/47gFILA 📚 #kidlituk #uksla
TSL EDI Special Edition
Explore equality, diversity and inclusivity in the children's publishing landscape with this special edition of The School Librarian, journal of the School Library Association.
www.yumpu.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We are proud to release a special digital edition of #TSL, exploring Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in #schoollibraries & children's books. Sponsored by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, the release coincides with the 2025 #LitInColour (Incomplete) Book Lists 👉 bit.ly/47gFILA 📚 #kidlituk #uksla
Got a favourite play by an author of colour?
Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
February 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Got a favourite play by an author of colour?
Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚
Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh
See here for the (incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Absolutely ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin Random House & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
Lit in Colour reading lists
Home About Lit in Colour Read the report Teachers Students Parents and supporters The (incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists We have created The (incomplete...
www.penguin.co.uk
September 7, 2024 at 10:38 AM
See here for the (incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Absolutely ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin Random House & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum
Really pleased to have this out (open access!) about the importance of race and empire as powerful knowledge in relation to teaching 19th century texts. And what else can you call it but #canonincolour? #LitInColour
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Canon in colour’: Contextual Knowledge of Race and Empire as Powerful Knowledge
This paper uses the concept of powerful knowledge to consider the teaching of canonical literature in the secondary English classroom. Drawing on Muller and Young’s definition of powerful knowledge...
www.tandfonline.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Really pleased to have this out (open access!) about the importance of race and empire as powerful knowledge in relation to teaching 19th century texts. And what else can you call it but #canonincolour? #LitInColour
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Have you seen the great resources and report by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social about #LitinColour? Really great to share with your English Department and use yourselves. www.penguin.co.uk/about/social... #diversebooks
Lit in Colour
It’s vital that the books we read in our formative years reflect the rich diversity of the society we live in. That’s why we at Penguin have joined forces with The Runnymede Trust to explore how to su...
www.penguin.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Have you seen the great resources and report by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social about #LitinColour? Really great to share with your English Department and use yourselves. www.penguin.co.uk/about/social... #diversebooks
6+7 are ones I loved and which the 7yo will be encountering in due course. #LitInColour is for everyone.
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
6+7 are ones I loved and which the 7yo will be encountering in due course. #LitInColour is for everyone.
Okay, World Book Day #LitInColour suggestions.
1) Rocket from Nathon Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
2) Omar from Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series.
3) Sam Wu from Kevin and Katie Tsang's Sam Wu is not afraid of... series (and if you have 7-10s, they need to read these/ have them read to them) 1/n
1) Rocket from Nathon Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
2) Omar from Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series.
3) Sam Wu from Kevin and Katie Tsang's Sam Wu is not afraid of... series (and if you have 7-10s, they need to read these/ have them read to them) 1/n
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Okay, World Book Day #LitInColour suggestions.
1) Rocket from Nathon Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
2) Omar from Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series.
3) Sam Wu from Kevin and Katie Tsang's Sam Wu is not afraid of... series (and if you have 7-10s, they need to read these/ have them read to them) 1/n
1) Rocket from Nathon Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
2) Omar from Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series.
3) Sam Wu from Kevin and Katie Tsang's Sam Wu is not afraid of... series (and if you have 7-10s, they need to read these/ have them read to them) 1/n
There’s still time to enter our #LitinColour competition!
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚
Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚
Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh
February 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
There’s still time to enter our #LitinColour competition!
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚
Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh
Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚
Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh
💫More Books. More Stories. More Smiles! ✨
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book love with families in Kirklees.
More Likkle Lit Fest on the Road book sharings coming soon!📚
📸: photobylaurelle
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DWZQJJMCC3...
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book love with families in Kirklees.
More Likkle Lit Fest on the Road book sharings coming soon!📚
📸: photobylaurelle
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DWZQJJMCC3...
Out Of Many People on Instagram: "💫More Books. More Stories. More Smiles! ✨
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book love with families in Kir...
30 likes, 1 comments - outofmanypeople on March 27, 2026: "💫More Books. More Stories. More Smiles! ✨
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book ...
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April 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
💫More Books. More Stories. More Smiles! ✨
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book love with families in Kirklees.
More Likkle Lit Fest on the Road book sharings coming soon!📚
📸: photobylaurelle
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DWZQJJMCC3...
🙏🏾Thanks to our lovely friends @BookTrust and @penguinukbooks #LitInColour we're sharing the book love with families in Kirklees.
More Likkle Lit Fest on the Road book sharings coming soon!📚
📸: photobylaurelle
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DWZQJJMCC3...
#LitinColour excellent initiative by Penguin House and partners including @RunnymedeTrust to 'widen' as opposed to decolonise the primary and secondary school curriculum
46% of schools have no Black or Asian, minority ethnic teachers. ...
46% of schools have no Black or Asian, minority ethnic teachers. ...
December 1, 2024 at 10:59 PM
#LitinColour excellent initiative by Penguin House and partners including @RunnymedeTrust to 'widen' as opposed to decolonise the primary and secondary school curriculum
46% of schools have no Black or Asian, minority ethnic teachers. ...
46% of schools have no Black or Asian, minority ethnic teachers. ...
How can we support schools to teach new texts in GCSE English Lit? 📚
Dr Velda Elliott discusses the #LitinColour scheme, which found adding texts by authors of colour increased engagement in the classroom, in this new article from @tesmagazine.bsky.social:
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Dr Velda Elliott discusses the #LitinColour scheme, which found adding texts by authors of colour increased engagement in the classroom, in this new article from @tesmagazine.bsky.social:
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Revealed: The most and least popular GCSE English lit texts
Schools need support to break away from An Inspector Calls to cover texts by authors from more diverse backgrounds, say experts
www.tes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How can we support schools to teach new texts in GCSE English Lit? 📚
Dr Velda Elliott discusses the #LitinColour scheme, which found adding texts by authors of colour increased engagement in the classroom, in this new article from @tesmagazine.bsky.social:
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Dr Velda Elliott discusses the #LitinColour scheme, which found adding texts by authors of colour increased engagement in the classroom, in this new article from @tesmagazine.bsky.social:
www.tes.com/magazine/new...