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Featured 19 July 2024

The State of the Nation’s Adult Reading: 2024 Report

Half of all adults in the UK don’t read regularly, and 1 in 6 – that’s 8.5 million – struggles…

Photo of a boy in a wheelchair holding a tablet. He is sat at a table with books in front of him.

20 November 2024

How the Reading Landscape is Changing

Our Creative Director, Debbie Hicks MBE, talks about how reading is being redefined in 2024. Recent research from BookTrust and the National Literacy…

13 November 2024

The Booker Prize 2024 Winner has Been Announced

Orbital by Samantha Harvey has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2024. As winner of the prize, they…

Grid showing the Summer Reading Challenge logos through the years, from 1999 to 2024.

6 November 2024

The Summer Reading Challenge celebrates 25 years of encouraging young readers

This year, we’re celebrating the remarkable success of our cross-authority Summer Reading Challenge model and the 25th anniversary of the…

29 October 2024

Behind the scenes of the Radio 2 Book Club

We work with library staff from across the UK to choose the books for the Radio 2 Book Club. We’ve spoken to a few of our panel members to get a glimpse behind the scenes of selecting the shortlist.

15 October 2024

Vacancy: Research and Evaluation Officer

At The Reading Agency, we have a reputation of robust and insightful research and we are looking for a Research…

10 October 2024

The Reading Agency Reveals Authors for 2025 Quick Reads

The Reading Agency has announced its exciting line up of Quick Reads authors for 2025. They are Leila Aboulela, Cathy…

4 October 2024

The Big Sporting Read – People’s Choice

With the summer of sport coming to a close we asked you to tell us your Big Sporting Reads and moments of this summer.

24 September 2024

BBC’s 500 Words 2024

500 Words, the UK’s most successful writing competition run by the BBC is back! The competition will be open from Tuesday 26 September to Friday 10 November 2023.

23 September 2024

Wolfson History Prize 2024 Shortlist Announced

The Wolfson History Prize, the UK’s most prestigious history writing prize, has today announced its shortlist for 2024, highlighting six of the best history books from the past year.