Book Archives - Positive News

New anthology rewrites the story of homelessness

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:21:57 +0000

Writers with experience of homelessness share tales of overcoming adversity in a new book

Positive News — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:58:42 +0000

We asked readers which book, film, song or art work changed the course of your life. This is what you said

Daniel Dylan Wray — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:00:47 +0000

Children’s Laureate Alex Wharton’s inspiring journey shows how reading and language can unlock imaginations and transform young lives

Gavin Haines — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:00:39 +0000

Mexico’s poverty rate plunged, Denmark vowed to axe its book tax, and Scotland hailed a ‘conservation milestone’, plus more

Tom Pattinson — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:00:54 +0000

A new book uncovers a quiet revolution in stone and bronze, the growing number of statues honouring remarkable women across the capital

Graeme Green — Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:30 +0000

Optimism isn’t everything, but it’s seriously useful, reckons Sumit Paul-Choudhury. He draws on history and science to make his case

Gavin Haines — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:18:01 +0000

The world got a new national park city, the ‘Oscars of science’ revealed its winners, and medical history was made, plus more

Martin Wright — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:16:18 +0000

Since Kabul fell to the Taliban three and a half years ago, Untold Narratives has helped to protect the courageous words of women writers

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:26:58 +0000

A new charity is joining forces with Britain’s food banks, serving up books to browse, borrow or keep

Fern McErlane — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:39:31 +0000

Readers, authors and indie booksellers are set to benefit from a buy-back book scheme, billed as a ‘sustainable alternative to Amazon’