These are the books of the month for September 2017. If you have a suggested book for future months, do email the title and a short review to contact@readingspots.org   Adult (African): …read more

The ideas here are all thanks to the readers in the Abofour Book Club, initially established by Gloria Addae, and now led by Mr Cofie. I hope that we can …read more

These are suggestions of questions to ask pupils from Primary 3 – Junior High School 3 to ensure that children are thinking when they are reading books.  These questions encourage …read more

This book is set in post-independent Zimbabwe within the setting of a predominately ‘white’ boarding school. Readers should be aware that it is not suitable for younger readers; it is …read more

“Wonder” by Palacio: My Next Chapter after the “Bleeding Scream” Moment The Abofour Readers’ Club were given a challenge of writing the next chapter after the ‘Bleeding Scream’ in Auggie’s voice, …read more

Reading Spots African Fiction Top 50 As part of our focus on highlighting the need for the provision of African fiction within the Reading Spots libraries, and in Ghana and …read more

This simple twi guide has been written with thanks to Alex Boakye Antwi and Joseph Edward Addae – two Junior High School students from Abofour, Ashanti Region!  We can see …read more

The River Between is incredibly compelling – I completed it within a few hours whilst waiting for a ferry to cross the Volta River in Ghana, which somehow seemed appropriate …read more

Edward has been the librarian in the Akumadan from December 2016-August 2017 when he departed to study Economics at university in Kumasi. I first met him when he was in …read more

In spite of my tendency to be extremely critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more

In spite of my tendency to be quite critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more

On Wednesday morning, 1000s of books were delivered by pupils and parents from across the Brighton College and Brighton College Pre-Prep community, enabling us to fill 60 boxes which are …read more

Two of our libraries are completed, but are yet to contain any books. Therefore, given the success of last year’s book drive, we have decided to once again launch a …read more

‘Quietly, unobtrusively, and extremely fitfully, something in my mind began to assert itself, to question things and refuse to be brainwashed, bringing me to this time when I can set …read more

For the first time, Reading Spots is bringing pupils together from the UK and across Africa, to discuss key issues relating to international development and social justice. Starting tomorrow, over 70 …read more

This book encourages us to all to become cosmopolitans: if it had a slogan, Appiah offers ‘universality plus difference’. By this, he means two things: that we have obligations to …read more

This piece is a (slightly!) abbreviated version of an essay already submitted to UCL.  All comments welcome, as we’re always refining our ideas and approach. Can development and development education goals coexist in …read more

Macfarquhar’s book, Strangers Drowning, was certainly the perfect text to read following Singer’s The Most Good You Can Do. Rather than present a case for a certain moral course of action, Macfarquhar (a …read more

Take a look at our first annual report, for 2016 (but gives key info on our 2017 projects too): 2016 Annual Report        

We are incredibly sorry to hear that the Director of the Ramsco School passed away yesterday. Thomas Kundonu directed this school in the very remote town of Donkorkrom for 20 …read more

Singer’s The Most Good You Can Do (2015) appears to be an updated version of his 2009 work The Life You Can Save. Both works apply his preference utilitarianism (suggesting …read more