As a child, Camilla was captivated by Anna Sewell's Black Beauty. She says, "I have to admit, I ended up probably being a pony-mad child with Black Beauty. which I howled over, night after night after

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the

The King’s Trust, formerly The Prince’s Trust, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Working with young people, The Trust believes that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no ma

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

Cherelle Knight, 34, lives in Birmingham with her four daughters. ‘What do you do, Mummy?’ my daughter Jah’lia, then nine, asked one evening. It was February 2021 and, having had Jah’lia when I was 19

I don’t live at home with my three younger siblings anymore. I have my own flat which is shoe-box-sized, but mine, and I can read there whenever I like. I’ve always been a reader, ever since my mum sh