We're delighted to announce that Bookshop.org has chosen Bookbanks for its Books That Give drive for the third year running. Between 22 and 25 October, Bookshop.org will donate 10% of any and all book sales to Bookbanks.

Are you an accountant, a bookkeeper or otherwise brilliant with numbers? Do you believe in the power of books to change lives? Then read on! We are currently recruiting for the role of Bookbanks Finance Officer.

Did you miss our online supporter event with best-selling author and Bookbanks ambassador Kit de Waal? Here are the five moments that stayed with us…

Tickets are now available for our very exciting event - an exclusive online conversation with bestselling author Kit de Waal, on 6th October from 6.30 – 7.30pm.

Could you be part of one of our new volunteer teams?

Six questions for Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, author and Bookbanks fundraiser.

We are thrilled to share the first ever Bookbanks Impact Report, covering everything that happened, all the ways we grew and all the people we reached in April 2025 to March 2026.

Bookbanks Founding Director, Emily Rhodes, was one of five British ‘reading heroes’ to be nominated for a new honour from the Queen for their impact on promoting books and literature.

We’re thrilled to share that at the end of next month, we’ll be training two brand-new teams of volunteers… and you could be among them!

Launched last year, the Queen’s Reading Room Medal recognises people who “champion books and storytelling” across the UK – a profound cause given the current reading crisis (with children’s reading enjoyment falling to the lowest recorded levels) but quite a star-studded event too!

We are very excited - and extremely busy! - readying ourselves for not one, not two, but yes THREE new Bookbanks locations, opening at the start of March.

In late 2025, as part of the Get Britain Reading Campaign, the Sunday Times paid a visit to our founding site, Bookbanks Dalston. Watch the short film they made here…

When Bookbanks Founder Emily Rhodes began volunteering at her local food bank in Dalston, North East London in 2022, she soon noticed that people spent a long time waiting, often alone and at a low ebb.

Matthew’s Talks is our flagship programme of live events, which take place quarterly inside our partnering food banks. Some of these (as the name suggests) are talks, given by an author about a book of theirs. Others are interactive workshops. All celebrate and explore the power of words in a way that’s interactive, inclusive, and - most importantly - exciting.