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
World Book Night announces Nadiya Hussain, Katie Piper and Fearne Cotton among lead ambassadors
• The annual celebration of reading for pleasure returns this spring, honouring books and the difference they make to our wellbeing • Books by Joe Wicks, Jay Blades, Jojo Moyes, Bernardine Evaristo, Peter James, Agatha Christie & more to be…
The Summer Reading Challenge theme is… Ready, Set, Read! with Youth Sport Trust
We’re teaming up with children’s charity, the Youth Sport Trust, for ‘Ready, Set, Read!’, a Summer Reading Challenge focused on reading, sport and play.
Reading during the school holidays really does make a difference!
Over 12 million books borrowed as part of Summer Reading Challenge 2022 As part of World Book Day, The Reading Agency has published findings from an Arts Council England-funded independent evaluation of the 2022 science-themed, Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer…
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.
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