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
The Reading Agency launches Reading Well for children booklist to support children’s mental health and wellbeing
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.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2020: The Reading Agency’s book recommendations
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.
Science and reading: A powerful combination that will create opportunities for the UK
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.
Prisoners champion Reading Ahead
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.
World Book Night goes digital for 2020
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 Reading Agency and Royal Holloway to offer funded PhD studentship on motivations for reading
The student will use models from decision making to capture how much time, effort, and money people are willing to expend on reading.
Adele Parks presents prize to Reading Ahead winner
The Reading Agency took the bestselling author and Reading Ahead ambassador to The Manchester College, St John’s Centre on Friday 22 November.
The Reading Agency chosen for The Times Christmas Appeal 2019
The Christmas Appeal will focus on the charity’s work on loneliness and reading, highlighting their inspiring Reading Friends programme.
The Summer Reading Challenge encourages 722,731 children to read this summer
Participants read a combined total of more than 2.5 million library books through the school holidays.
BBC panel reveal the 100 novels that have shaped their world
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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