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Viv Bird

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Viv Bird is Chief Executive of Booktrust, an organisation dedicated to inspiring a love of reading. Viv began her career in adult education, and is passionate about promoting a love of books for all age groups

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Shelve reading, and social mobility suffers

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It's fiction, not fact, that brings history to life

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