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What’s coming up … Spring 2026

2026 National Year of Reading
Tuesday 27 January 2026 – Holocaust Memorial Day event & resources
World Book Day 2026 – Prerecorded in the hot seat films
Spring Term 2026 Author visits

Exciting news! I have been nominated for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

2026 National Year of Reading

The National Year of Reading in 2026 has a theme of Go All In. That means finding a way to go all in to what you love doing by reading about it.

Go All In

I’m supporting the National Year of Reading by Going All In with a series of live events and resources linked to the educational calendar and my books.

My 2026 National Year of Reading :

Your chance to GO ALL In with one of my books with a special film to watch with The Book Stop from 26 Jan 2026. FREE Watch link here

Month	Theme	Books I’ll be exploring
JANUARY	Holocaust Memorial Day	After the War from Auschwitz to Ambleside

Watch link here

Look out for the GO All IN logo on my book webpages for resources

Find out more about which books I’ll be focusing on each month here

Holocaust Memorial Day Tuesday 27 Jan 2026

I am working again with the National Literacy Trust with KS2 and KS3 resources to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in 2026.

10:00 – 10:45am 27 January 2026 – Holocaust Memorial Day live assembly with the National Literacy Trust. Join me and special guest, Ruth Barnett to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The free event will focus on Ruth’s experience of travelling to England as part of the Kindertransport. FREE Book now https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/holocaust-memorial-day/

Five Words : Anschluss, Kristallnacht, Kindertransport, Refugee, Alien
I have written a new 5 part story for schools to read aloud, based on “My Darling Diary”, the real Kindertransport and wartime journal of a girl called Inga from her life first in Vienna, Austria 1937-39 and then in Falmouth, Cornwall 1939-1944. FREE Available now https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/holocaust-memorial-day/

In addition – you can find extra source materials : including Primary sources such as a flip book of Inga’s family tree, photos & records, Listen to an interview with Inga, See Inga’s doll held by the Imperial War Museum and more all from here https://tompalmer.co.uk/holocaust-memorial-day/ I am extremely grateful to Inga and her immediate and wider family for the support they have given us with this project and to UCL Centre for Holocaust Education for their expertise.

For more info and reminders on when it is available go to here tompalmer.co.uk/holocaust-memorial-day/

World Book Day 2026 Thursday 5 March 2026

I am offering Hot Seat Q&As personalised to your class or school and answering all your pupil’s questions!

These will be pre-recorded for you to share in your own time.

More about my author visits here www.tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librarians/author-visits/

For availability & fees, please email admin@tompalmer.co.uk

2026 Author Visits

I am available for in-person and virtual author visits with a focus on reading and writing about history and/or sport.

More about my author visits here www.tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librarians/author-visits/

For latest availability & fees, please email admin@tompalmer.co.uk, subject “2026 Author Visits”

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