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Love Literacy 2025

Love Literacy is our flagship one-day conference for teachers and librarians, focused on children's and young people's literacy and reading enjoyment. Our 2025 theme is "Reading for Generations", the ideal focus ahead of the National Year of Reading 2026.

Last held in 2019, Love Literacy supports the professional development of teachers, librarians, and others who care about improving reading across the UK. In conjunction with our 90th anniversary year, we are re-launching this conference and have packed it with insightful keynote speakers, workshops and partners to best inspire our work with the next generation.

When: Thursday 27 November 2025. Venue opens for pastries and refreshments at 8.45am, and the conference closes at 4pm.
Where: IET Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2NP.
Suitable for: Literacy leads, school librarians, senior leaders with a focus on literacy and reading, staff at primary and secondary schools; public library staff

Booking is now closed for Love Literacy 2025. Head to our main Love Literacy hub, or please contact us at loveliteracy@peters.co.uk for event queries.

Our keynote speakers

We're delighted to be joined by the following keynote speakers at our 2025 conference.

Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas CBE is Chief Executive of the National Literacy Trust. Jonathan is on the Advisory Committees of The Booker Prize and the Fair Education Alliance and is a trustee for Gabrieli. In 2020 he was awarded a CBE for services to education and in 2021 was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a lawyer-turned-storyteller, who was part of the Penguin Random House WriteNow mentoring programme in 2018. As a British Indian child, she didn't get to see many children like her in the books she read, so she is now passionate about writing stories that children from all backgrounds can relate to.

Matt Goodfellow

Former primary school teacher Matt Goodfellow is now a multi-award-winning poet who visits schools across the UK to give hugely popular, high-energy performances and workshops. His debut verse novel The Final Year, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, won multiple awards including The CLiPPA Award for Children’s Poetry 2024.

Tọlá Okogwu

Tọlá Okogwu is an award-winning and bestselling author. Her debut novel, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Barnes & Noble Children’s and YA Book Awards and The Week Junior Book Awards.

Personalise your experience with practical workshops for schools and libraries

The conference includes smaller, focused sessions led by reading and education experts and children's book authors, related to the theme "Reading for Generations". We're delighted to be joined by the following reading and literacy organisations and experts, who will be sharing their knowledge and advice at this year's conference: One Education, The Reading Agency, Inclusive Books for Children, What On Earth Books, CLPE, Minerva Learning, and Mel Glazzard. We will also be joined by the National Literacy Trust's Head of School Libraries and host of Comic BOOM podcast, Lucy Starbuck-Braidley; and author and illustrator Jack Noel.

This year's workshop topics includes diverse and inclusive reading; oracy; different text formats; new titles knowledge; graphic novels; and more.

Download our workshop pack, which includes a session timetable, a summary of each workshop, and more information about this year's workshop leaders.

Network with our exhibitors

Throughout the day, you will be able to network with literacy experts and organisations who want to support you in your day-to-day work. Say hello to this year's friendly exhibitors!

Coram Beanstalk

Inclusive Books for Children

Libresoft

The Literacy Company

Literacy Tree

Minerva Learning

Nosy Crow

OneEducation

The Reading Agency

Renaissance and GL Assessment

Sora

Walker Books

What on Earth! Books and Magazine

Meet Peters staff and visit the on-site bookshop

We'll also be hosting an on-site children's bookshop run by our librarians and children's book specialists. Feel free to ask them about the books, answer account queries or get tips on using the website.