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 list covers areas such as anxiety, bereavement and bullying with books by Michael Rosen, Tom Percival, Zanib Mian and Joseph Coelho, selected by mental health experts.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we have selected six books that give compelling insights into what it was like to experience this chilling and tragic episode of history.
The Reading Agency have been successful in receiving £289,411 from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants to fund a ground-breaking new project.
To fulfil our aim of extending the reach and impact of Reading Ahead in prisons, we are piloting a new approach under the name Reading Ahead Champions.
This year’s titles, from publishers including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Andersen Press, include a diverse selection of books for adults and young people.
The student will use models from decision making to capture how much time, effort, and money people are willing to expend on reading.
The Reading Agency took the bestselling author and Reading Ahead ambassador to The Manchester College, St John’s Centre on Friday 22 November.
The Christmas Appeal will focus on the charity’s work on loneliness and reading, highlighting their inspiring Reading Friends programme.
Participants read a combined total of more than 2.5 million library books through the school holidays.
We are excited to be working with BBC Arts and Libraries Connected on their year-long celebration of literature, as an expert panel reveal the 100 English language titles that have shaped their world. From January until the culmination of festival during Libraries Week in October 2020, resources will be available for readers and reading groups around the 100 novels, divided into ten categories. These resources will provide information about the chosen themes, questions to spark discussion and further suggestions to widen your reading.
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