Tom Robinson, an African American man, is now on trial for his alleged rape of Mayella Ewell. A guilty verdict means death by electrocution. Will Atticus be able to convince an all white jury of Tom’s innocence? Sitting in a packed...

The children’s second summer together is drawing to a close. But before Dill returns to Mississippi, our three mischief-makers try to catch a glimpse of the monster, Boo Radley. It nearly costs them their lives… and Jem’s trousers! More...

The heartbreak of the Tom Robinson case is followed by more horror. The children are learning some difficult truths about the society they live in. Their consolation is that Atticus thoroughly discredited Tom Robinson’s accusers - the...

Summer has come around again and - oh no - Aunt Alexandra has come to stay. It’s a good thing that Dill shows up because the children need each other more than ever. The trial of Tom Robinson, an African American man, is about to start...

Enjoy this much-loved classic as you’ve never seen it before!

Join us for a journey into America’s Deep South in the 1930’s. The Great Depression has taken its toll on the people of Maycomb County, Alabama, and race relations are...

Welcome to Maycomb! Meet our protagonist Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, her brother Jeremy (‘Jem’) and their buddy Dill Harris. Follow the children’s adventures over two summers as they make mischief all over the neighbourhood. But they’d...

After the trauma of Tom Robinson’s case, things start to return to normal. Scout has her stage debut in the Maycomb Halloween pageant - her costume is a classic! Jem escorts her to and from the pageant, as a big brother should. But...

Top questions and answer for To Kill a Mockingbird.

One of the trademark texts of the American school system is Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. For decades it has been widely read in high schools and middle schools as a key anti-racist text. But how did...

The professor, writer and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate makes a case for Canadians to put aside the Harper Lee classic in favour of other anti-racism works.

Students (from left) Sophia Yuan, Sara Alnachef, Arithro Kazi, Faduma Hassan, Fadilazaki Irreza, Samantha Blight and Heath McAllister discuss Harper Lee's classic and facing racism today.

Preview for the film, 'To Kill A Mockingbird' at the Director's Guild of America. Attending are author Harper Lee, producer Alan J. Pakula, Vince Edwards, Natalie Wood with date Warren Beatty, Gregory Peck with wife, Marilyn Maxwell and...

To Kill a Mockingbird ruins in Monroeville

Customers wait to be served at a diner

VOICED: It's been a long wait, but fans of Harper Lee can finally get their hands on her new novel --- 55 years after To Kill A Mockingbird was first published.



Go Set A Watchman went on sale in the UK at

midnight....

VOICED: After more than half a century of waiting, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' fans have been able to hold its eagerly anticipated sequel in their hands.



Long queues formed in bookshops around the world as "Go Set a Watchman"...