Dame Jacqueline Wilson has warned that reading is becoming a niche hobby similar to “stamp-collecting”. The children’s author has sounded the alarm over falling literacy rates, saying that “reading is ...

Beloved children’s author Jacqueline Wilson hopes her Imagine festival will inspire a new generation of readers.

Dame Jacqueline Wilson has said parents “scrolling” on their phones are to blame for children’s poor literacy rates as she made a stirring call for change. The Tracy Beaker author said that after ...