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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Join in on National Reading Group Day
National Reading Group Day is coming up on *Tuesday 14 September 2021*. We hope that you’ll be able to join with your group online or in-person on 14 September to eat, drink and celebrate your reading group.
Bethan Woollvin’s draw a troll competition winners
In July, we were delighted to host a virtual read-a-long and draw-a-long with award-winning author-illustrator, Bethan Woollvin. Bethan read from her brand new picture book, Three Little Vikings, and taught children watching at home how to draw one of the…
The Reading Agency’s Reading Sparks programme to gift book bags to families experiencing hardship this summer
The Reading Agency is working with libraries, publishers and the Science and Technology Facilities Council to deliver STEM theme gift bags to low-income families across the UK this summer. The Reading Agency is working with libraries, publishers and the Science…
The Reading Agency and HarperCollins working together to keep children reading this summer
Publisher HarperCollins is supporting The Reading Agency’s drive to reach 1 million children this summer, by providing libraries delivering the Summer Reading Challenge with free and unlimited access to titles by some of their best-selling authors.
2021 Booker Prize longlist announced
The longlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced. The 13 books on this year’s longlist were chosen by the 2021 judging panel: historian Maya Jasanoff (chair); writer and editor Horatia Harrod; actor Natascha McElhone; twice Booker-shortlisted novelist and professor Chigozie Obioma; and writer and former Archbishop Rowan Williams.
Get your ticket for the Stories Festival
The Evening Standard in association with Netflix, has announced that tickets are on sale for its inaugural Stories Festival which will take place at Picturehouse Central on 24-26 September 2021, with three days of inspirational storytelling in the heart of London.
The Reading Agency and Health Education England announce a new book collection – Uplifting resources: for the NHS from the NHS
The Reading Agency and Health Education England are proud to launch Uplifting resources: for the NHS from the NHS.
The Reading Agency and The Open University’s Teachers’ Reading Challenge returns for 2021
After a hugely successful inaugural year in 2020 that saw over 2,400 people take part, The Teachers’ Reading Challenge will return this July.
DK donates books to support Reading Sparks and Get Islington Reading programmes
Publisher DK has donated over 1000 books to support The Reading Agency’s Reading Sparks and Get Islington Reading programmes.
Dara McAnulty and Steve Backshall Revealed as Ambassadors for the Summer Reading Challenge 2021
The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge, in partnership with WWF, is delighted to announce that teenage naturalist, award-winning writer and broadcaster Dara McAnulty and award-winning explorer, presenter, and writer Steve Backshall, are ambassadors for the Summer Reading Challenge 2021, as the full plans for the campaign are unveiled.
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