HarperCollins UK is relaunching the HarperCollins Author and Design Academy, which offers free training to writers and designers from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds to help them gain the knowledge and skills to succeed in the publishing sector.
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HarperCollins and News Corp have partnered to offer employees enrollment in the Carbonauts’ Sustainability Bootcamp, an engaging six-week program where you’ll discover the fundamentals of sustainable living and how to apply them in your own life.
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SKOOL21 is an education company that has formulated a STEM Book Series featuring STEM projects to promote sustainability literacies in schools around the world. SKOOL21 is a member of Catalyst 2030, and many schools in the Middle East, South East Asia and Latin America have adopted the books in their schools. These STEM project books supplement core science and mathematics learning and provide learners with emerging problems to solve using their knowledge and tools provided.
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HarperCollins has long supported Girls Write Now, an organization dedicated to empowering underserved youth through writing and mentorship. HarperOne collaborated with the group to publish a hands-on guide to storytelling—conceived, written, and edited by the young people of Girls Write Now.
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HarperCollins proudly supports Pajama Program, a nonprofit that ensures children have access to healthy sleep by providing new pajamas, storybooks and sleep health education. The program helps children facing challenges like low income, housing insecurity, and family instability develop better bedtime habits, which improves school performance, health, and emotional well-being. HarperCollins employees volunteered to teach children in the Bronx about healthy bedtime routines and donated books.
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HarperCollins UK launched two new initiatives to recruit from underrepresented backgrounds: the Marketing Manager Program for talented individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds with marketing experience, and the Socioeconomic Traineeship designed to bring in talent from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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HarperCollins UK announced the launch of Book Squad, a new collaboration between Collins, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Farshore, and Barrington Stoke. Aiming to support reading for pleasure in primary schools, it will provide free unique content about children’s literature, in-depth research, reading recommendations, and free resources
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RAISE AWARENESS OF ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION CHALLENGES AMOUNG BOOK SECTOR PROFESSIONNALS
Modelled on the Climate Fresk – an educational card game with over a million followers – the Book Fresk is designed to raise awareness of sustainable development issues among book professionals.
Created in 2023 by Fontaine O Livres and CSR Specialist Charles Hédouin, the Book Fresk is played in a 3-hours game, including brainstorming, discussion and outlook.
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With the aim of fostering Responsible Governance and Inclusive Peace, Globethics develops one of its main Series/book collections with publications on the topic. One of its last instances has been the trilogy “Global Survey on Business Ethics”, edited by Dr. Bryan Robinson and Dr. Georges Enderle. Thit trilogy is the result of a sharp academic work on business good practice and responsible leadership from a multifaceted and international perspective.
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In 2021, Globethics, in collaboration with IRAFPA (Institut de Recherche et d’Action sur la Fraude et le Plagiat Académiques), started collaborating to develop a book Series focused on SDG 4, Quality Education. The focus of the initiative was to develop cutting-edge research and publications on the matter of Academic Fraud and Plagiarism, something undermining the ethics and quality of education at a large scale nowadays. As of 2024 we have published 3 volumes, with a fourth already planned.
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This forum serves as a fertile ground for sowing the seeds of change and nurturing the growth of Green Sciences in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our focus encompasses a spectrum of critical areas: from the conservation of biodiversity to the innovative reduction of CO2 emissions, from sustainable urban living to the development of renewable energy sources. These pillars of Green Science are essential in steering our planet towards a more sustainable & resilient future.
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In order to improve the quality of literacy of young people, we organize a training and writing program for self-development books. This program has been running for 3 years and has produced 40 batch. In the process, this program has produced 1200 writers from various unique and different backgrounds.
The Anthology Book Writing Program is an initiative to invite the younger generation to have reading, writing and literacy skills. The output of this program is to produce quality books in the con
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As part of its editorial work, Enssib editions publish books for library professionals to develop their practices on societal aspects and equality between men and women. In this context, we have published the book “Acting for equality”.
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As part of its editorial work, Enssib editions publish books for library professionals to help them develop their practices. In this context, we have published the book “Engaging libraries in the ecological transition”.
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‘Country Connectors’ deliver local interventions to heighten awareness and use of Research4Life resources in low and middle income countries. They strengthen capacity of information use and management, build communities of national and regional evidence users and local networks. A Country Connector is part focal point, part champion, part mentor, part listening post, part role-model and part cheerleader. Sponsored by Friends of Research4Life.
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We started to invite children to work together on children books to promote sustainability and environmental protection. Earlier this year, we published our first picture book called Mysterious Sham Wan. The book was being featured in Italy’s Bologna book fair, and other books fairs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Guangzhou. We also organise beach cleaning activity to help children turn learning into action. We will continue to work together with children and publish more children books.
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Tori is a reading organization in Amsterdam that is committed to making a more inclusive children’s book landscape. Books and picture books are used as windows (understanding about others) and mirrors (recognition) for children.
Tori’s aim is to have a more inclusive children’s book landscape, so that children discover at a young age that they are part of a colorful society and see diversity as a strength
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Queerboeken.nl is a website with reading tips about LGBTIQ+ books. The reading list is supplemented four times a year with new titles and consists of the categories: translated, reading for the list, young adult, fiction, non-fiction, boy-boy, girl-girl and gender. Every book is available in (online) bookstores and (school) libraries.
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