Department for Education

Education Committee - Oral evidence
Reading for Pleasure
19 May 2026, 9:30 a.m.
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Frank Cottrell-Boyce - screenwriter, novelist, and children's author and Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2024 – 2026 at (None)
Rebecca Sinclair - President at The Publishers Association
Meryl Halls - Managing Director at The Booksellers Association
Joelle Owusu - Editorial Director at Merky Books
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Isobel Hunter MBE - Chief Executive at Libraries Connected
Sonia Ramdhian - Chief Development Officer at Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
Sue Kerr - Chair of Trustees at Community Libraries Network
Donna Pentelow - Chair at Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA)

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