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The winners of BBC 500 Words will have the chance to meet the Queen. ... Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman will read a child’s winning story at the final of a BBC literary competition ...
The UK's largest children's writing competition, judged by a star-studded panel, opens for entries. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
The BBC started the Big Read with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS, and telephone. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature , but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading. [ 5 ]
International English Language Testing System (IELTS / ˈ aɪ. ɛ l t s /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of the major English-language tests ...
[6] [8] In 2008, the BBC became the main sponsor and the award was renamed from the "National Short Story Award" to the "BBC National Short Story Award". [2] To mark the tenth anniversary, in 2015, the BBC Young Writers' Award was launched, challenging 14-18-year-olds to write a story of up to 1,000 words. The winner of the Young Writers' Award ...
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
Originally, winners received £15,000 while runners up received £3,000 and shortlisted writers £500 each. [4] [7] In 2008, the BBC became the main sponsor and the award was renamed from the 'National Short Story Award' to the 'BBC National Short Story Award'. [1] In 2009, only women were featured on the shortlist. [8]
Reading list may refer to: Reading list, a list of publications to be read (completely or partially), e.g., as part of the syllabus of an academic course Reading List, a Safari (web browser) bookmarking feature for saving links to webpages, with simple metadata for later reading, synchronized across devices