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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner Announced

Gerbrand Bakker's The Detour has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, an annual award for the best work of contemporary fiction in translation.

Promote the Hay Festival 2013 at your library

We are pleased to announce a partnership with the Hay Festival for 2013. The festival opens on 23 May and runs until 2 June, and we would love to involve libraries in promoting the festival.

Six Book Challenge

Reading Well

Reading Groups for Everyone

Six Book Challenge resources

Reading Well resources

Six Book Challenge

The Six Book Challenge improves the opportunities in life for people who find reading difficult by building their reading confidence and motivation.

Reading Well

Our Reading Well health work with libraries comprises of two strands: Books on Prescription and Mood-boosting Books.

Reading Groups for Everyone

Reading Groups for Everyone celebrates all the good things that happen when people come together to talk about reading and books.

Six Book Challenge resources

Resources to purchase and downloadable guidance for library staff and tutors running the Six Book Challenge

Reading Well resources

Here is an overview of the resources, guidance and useful web links available for GPs, health care staff, library staff and individuals using the Reading Well Books on Prescript

Digital Skills Sharing

Find resources, case studies and how tos for your library service to get new digital skills and the confidence to innovate.

Find a reading group

Looking for a reading group to join? Search for one here.

Find a read

Doing the Six Book Challenge? Find your next read here.

Adults

One in six adults struggles to read. The Six Book Challenge builds people’s reading confidence and literacy skills, improving their life chances. While Reading Groups for Everyone celebrates all the good things that happen when people come together to share reading and Mood-boosting Books recommends good reads for people who are anxious or depressed. Because everything changes when we read.

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readingagency RT @mirandamck: Nice one! Detour winner #iffp. @reading_groups we worked with also specially loved Trieste, Dasa Drndic's heart twister

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