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…
Half of all adults in the UK don’t read regularly, and 1 in 6 – that’s 8.5 million – struggles…
The UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people is hosting #YotoCarnegieLIVE and #YotoGreenawayLIVE, two virtual shortlist events for young readers. Held this May in partnership with The Reading Agency, the free, interactive events are for…
25.56% of people say they started reading more during the lockdowns and have kept this up A third of respondents (33.02%) say more time to themselves would enable them to read more 38.34% of respondents say reading helps them…
HarperCollins Children’s Books and The Reading Agency, the national charity that works with libraries to promote the power of reading to adults and children, are delighted to announce that they have joined together to give 5000 free copies of Michael…
The Big Jubilee Read campaign will use the proven power of reading to unite the public around the shared stories that define our social and cultural heritage.
At The Reading Agency, our partnership with publishers has been at the heart of our mission to tackle life’s big challenges through the proven power of reading since the charity was formed in 2002.
This year World Book Night returns to The British Library to celebrate a night of reading. The event, hosted by Bobby Seagull, invites guests to watch a live discussion in person or online.
84,000 books will be gifted to a range of organisations across the UK and Ireland including care homes, foodbanks, homeless hostels, hospitals and refugee charities as part of the World Book Night 2022 celebrations. Now in its 11th year, World…
The Reading Agency has today announced that the theme for this year’s annual Summer Reading Challenge is ‘Gadgeteers’. The Reading Agency is partnering with Science Museum Group to inspire children across the country to feed their imagination over the summer…
The Women’s Prize for Fiction, the greatest international celebration of women’s creativity, today announces the 2022 longlist.
Simon Savidge will join the StoryTrails project as the Library Liaison Manager for The Reading Agency and will launch ‘Summer of Stories,’ a national library campaign on the 1st May.
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