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Details of the PLR's archive media releases can be found here.

November 2009	1979-2009: PLR celebrates 30 years of supporting Scottish authors

June 2009	Bestselling author Tracy Chevalier visits Teesside to mark PLR’s 30th anniversary

February 2009	James Patterson is UK's Most Borrowed Author
	As PLR Celebrates its 30th Anniversary: "We need PLR more than ever", say writers
	30 `Pearls' About PLR: Did you know that...?
	Public Lending Right at 30
	Are Reading Habits Regional?
	PLR: A Parallel Timeline

February 2008	James Patterson Topples Jacqueline Wilson to Become UK's Most Borrowed Author
	The PLR Lifeline: What PLR Payments & Libraries Mean to Authors

December 2007	PLR Launches New Advocacy Booklet Inviting Writers to Talk

May 2007	Life Gets Simpler & More Cost-Effective for Authors (PLR Launches New and Improved Online Registration Service)

February 2007	Jacqueline Wilson Retains Crown as UK's Most Borrowed Author
	Revealed: The Authors with Staying Power
	Ask LEWIS
	A Decade of Data from Public Lending Right

February 2006	Jacqueline Wilson: UK's Most Borrowed Author for Third Year Running
	UK Library Borrowers Turn to Crime
	Ask LEWIS

February 2005	Jacqueline Wilson is Still the Borrowers' Choice
	`Borrowers Recommend'
	Ask LEWIS

February 2004	Wilson Topples Cookson

May 2004	Supporting a Creative Nation - Serving Authors for 25 Years

November 2004	Supporting a Creative Nation - Serving Authors in Partnership with Public Libraries for 25 Years

April 2003	Welcome Boost to Authors' Earnings
	Cookson's 17 Year Reign Under Threat

February 2002	What's the Nation Really Reading?

February 2001	PLR - The Difference it Makes

February 2000	Children's Authors More Popular Than Ever

February 1999	The PLR Scheme 20 Years On

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