#DiversityInLit

We want children to feel represented in the literature that they read. That's why we're promoting the exposure of young readers to a wide range of characters, voices and themes that they can engage with, enjoy and be inspired by in order to read further and to develop their own voices.

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Black History Month

Celebrating diversity within literature

We're celebrating Black History Month throughout October with a series of blogs focused on black British writing throughout history.

We'll also be providing free resources for you to share with colleagues and your primary and secondary students.

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Projects beyond Pearson

We know we don't have all the answers, which is why we think it's important to highlight the great work that our friends and partners do around diversity.

Explore the great work happening right now

Events

In November 2019 we held our first #DiversityInLit student and teacher conference, where we were joined by some of the authors from the new Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature text additions. Unfortunately, this year we had to cancel our Conference and instead held an online webinar with special guest, Benjamin Zephaniah.

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Plotting Ahead... Diversity, inclusion and belonging

Introducing the first of our Plotting Ahead Roundtable series, brought to you by the Pearson Literacy and English team. Chaired by former teacher, inspirational speaker and author, Jaz Ampaw-Farr, this event hosted educators, charities, publishers and leading influencers as we investigated how we can shake up the narrative and influence future change within children's literature in the UK.