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…
News and Stories
Titles from Akala, David Olusoga and Bolu Babalola part of Universal Music Group and The Reading Agency’s Mark My Words library campaign
The Reading Agency and Universal Music Group’s (UMG’s) UK Task Force for Meaningful Change have today announced the titles for ‘Mark My Words’, a national libraries campaign celebrating Black authors.
Radio 2 Book Club arrives on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
Zoe Ball revealed to her listeners today that the new home of The Radio 2 Book Club will be The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show!
Tom Fletcher launches Blue Peter ‘Amazing Authors’ Writing Competition
The Amazing Authors competition, run in partnership with The Reading Agency and BBC Arts, opens for entries on 27th January 2023 and will ask young viewers to pen a short story or poem.
Amazing Authors Creative Writing Workshop
Get involved in the upcoming creative writing workshop that can streamed into classrooms to inspire children to get involved in Blue Peter’s Amazing Authors Competition.
‘Dip into Reading’ and Reap the Wellbeing Benefits this Winter
Research shows that adults who read for just 30 minutes each week are more likely to report greater life satisfaction.
The Reading Agency: 20 Years of Transforming Lives Through Reading
Sat round a kitchen table in 2000, three fearless reading development activists hatched a plan.
20 years of The Reading Agency
We’ve made a short film featuring some of the wonderful people who we work with to tell you just how we use the power of reading to change people’s lives for the better and encourage more people to read more.
27 titles by Joe Wicks, Luan Goldie and the Quick Reads authors including Bernardine Evaristo to be gifted as part of World Book Night 2023
The Reading Agency has today announced the list of 27 titles that will feature as part of World Book Night 2023, the annual celebration which brings people from all over the country together to read more. World Book Night takes…
Big Give – Target Update!
The Reading Agency is delighted that we have reached our target for the Big Give – Read On campaign! We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported us in helping to gift Quick Reads to those experiencing homelessness this winter.
Reading Sparks brings exciting STEM events to Portsmouth
We spoke with Patricia Garrett from Portsmouth Library Service to learn about accomplishments and difficulties faced when bringing Reading Sparks to young people in the area
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