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…
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The Reading Agency partners with Science Museum Group for innovation themed Summer Reading Challenge
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…
Women’s Prize for Fiction Announces 2022 Longlist
The Women’s Prize for Fiction, the greatest international celebration of women’s creativity, today announces the 2022 longlist.
Libraries are put on the map as part of StoryTrails ‘Summer of Stories’ campaign
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.
Children’s writer and presenter, Konnie Huq, to host family events on science, the environment and coding at Merseyside Libraries as part of British Science Week
The Reading Agency is working with celebrated children’s writer and presenter, Konnie Huq, to deliver practical workshops in Widnes Library and Halton Lea Library in Halton, Merseyside as part of the Reading Sparks programme
The Reading Agency and BBC Arts launch national reading campaign to mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee
The Reading Agency and BBC Arts have today announced they are delivering the Big Jubilee Read, a reading for pleasure campaign celebrating great reads from across the Commonwealth to coincide with Her Majesty The Queen’s Jubilee. An expert panel of…
Library and sector support for people experiencing or threatened by homelessness
In response to a homelessness crisis, amplified as part of Libraries Week 2021, The Reading Agency and Libraries Connected invited people working in or with the library sector to a panel discussion around the public library offer for people experiencing or threatened by homelessness.
What better way to celebrate this Valentine’s Day than 25 books children and young people in Wales love!
Today public libraries in Wales and The Reading Agency are announcing their Winter of Wellbeing shortlist, a collection of 25 brilliant books nominated by children and young people across Wales for their power to make them feel better, more connected and more understood.
The Reading Agency: Impacts and Planning
2023-26 Business Plan The Summer Reading Challenge Cross-Authority Pilot Evaluation Summer Reading Challenge 2022 Report World Book Night 2022 Evaluation Read Talk Share Evaluation and Impact Report Story Trails Case Study…
The Reading Agency Reveals 20th Birthday Celebrations to Get the Nation Reading Plus 7 New Ambassadors
Today, The Reading Agency announces its yearlong ‘Transforming Lives Through Reading’ 20th birthday campaign, inspiring the nation to get reading. Working in partnership with libraries, charities and other organisations, the campaign will celebrate the impacts of reading on health and…
The Reading Agency Celebrates Our 20th Birthday Year
On our 20th birthday, we’re looking to the future. This year, we want you to join us in inspiring a lifelong love of reading in everyone.
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