ReadWithPride Relay

#ReadWithPride is a social media photo relay in which school libraries celebrate and promote great young adult LGBTQIA+ literature during Pride month each year.

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This account is no longer active and the 2026 #ReadWithPride relay will not run on X, but you can still join us over on Instagram! Visit our Padlet for more information about the project and to sign up for this year's relay: https://t.co/cTAPppbW4Q

[Facet Publishing @facetpublishing]

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We've contributed a chapter about the #ReadWithPride relay and LGBTQIA+ book challenges in the UK!

[Facet Publishing @facetpublishing]

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Want to see more titles recommended by our participating schools beyond those featured in this year’s photos? Check our Wakeket round-up (bio link) or head over to our Instagram (same handle!), which is more active and where we’re sharing lots more recommendations!

[SPSLibrary @LibrarySps]

Proud to be one of the 46 schools who took part in this year's #ReadWithPride relay! Thank you @ReadWithPrideUK for organising.
#SPSreads

[GCA_Library @GCA_Library]

Thoroughly enjoyed another year of #RaedWithPride - we get so many stock ideas!

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If you represent a school library that would like to be involved in the 2026 #ReadWithPride relay, please fill in this expression of interest form: https://t.co/ZBygeyZ34j

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We've reached the end of the 2025 #ReadWithPride relay! Thank you to all 46 of this year's participating schools. To see all the photos posted and books recommended by our schools, check out our round-up here: https://t.co/zO5zFnbsXy

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Final posts from our Instagram relay for the last day of #PrideMonth: Portsmouth Grammar School is reading Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers and Berkhamstead Girls School is reading Masquerade by Calum McSwiggan!

@PGS1732 @berkhamstedsch @CalumMcSwiggan #ReadWithPride

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On the final day of our #Pride relay celebrating #LGBTQIA literature for young people, Ibstock Place School shares their cricket team reading Homebody by Theo Parish, winner of the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration! #ReadWithPride @CarnegieMedals

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Over on Instagram, @SydenhamHigh is sharing what they #ReadWithPride: Lover Birds by Leanne Egan!

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[King's School Macclesfield Equality and Diversity @KingsMaccEandD]

Here at King’s, Dr Brading is reading Clouds Cannot Cover Us by @JayHulmePoet @TroikaBooks - a beautiful collection of poetry about his journey and growing up. Next up, @Ibstocksenior #ReadWithPrideUK

[KEHS Library @KEHSlibrary]

Here is Mme. Marquette and Ms Wright with our choice @kehsbham as part of the #readwithprideuk relay.
Prom by Saundra Mitchell @smitchellbooks based on the Broadway sensation! Can’t wait to see what @SydenhamHighLibrary and @OrielHighSchool will be reading!
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[Librarian @THSbookworm]

Here is the THS Diversity group standing proud for the #readwithprideuk relay.

Promoting Cinderella is Dead by @kalynnbayron

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More from over on our Instagram relay: @ullswatercc delves into Traumaland by Josh Silver and @hccs1978 proudly displays Boy Queen by @TheGeorgeLester! #ReadWithPride

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More from our Instagram relay: Cheltenham College is reading Fox Maidens by Robin Ha and Thomas Hardye School is reading Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron!

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More from our Instagram relay: @TheHenryBox sets sail with The Girl from the Sea by @MollyOstertag & Shrewsbury School displays I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver #ReadWithPride

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Some more wonderful highlights from our Instagram relay: @barnsleycollege reading The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper, @CityofLdnSchool reading Cemetery Boys by @aidenschmaiden, & The Priory School reading She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick! #ReadWithPride

[RBHS_Library @Library_RBHS]

Our fantastic PE Dept are reading The Boy I Love by @WHusseyAuthor @AndersenPress A library favourite, TBIL is a beautiful & poignant love story set against the backdrop of WWI.
Next up: what will @THSbookworm #ReadWithPride tomorrow? @ReadWithPrideUK

[Morton LRC @morton_lrc]

To celebrate @ReadWithPrideUK , we have been enjoying ‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea’ by @tjklunebooks, a comforting tale about belonging, acceptance & the importance of standing up for what you believe in. Will @Library_RBHS be enjoying the sun tomorrow? @panmacmillan #ReadForPride