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
Ben O’Donnell appointed Head of Children and Young People’s Reading
O’Donnell replaces Anne Sarrag MBE and hopes to build on the great success she had with the Summer Reading Challenge in the years ahead.
New Adult Reading team joins The Reading Agency
Harinder Matharu has joined as Head of Adult Reading and Lily Staunton Howe is the new Assistant Programme Manager for Adult Reading.
National Reading Group Day 2019
National Reading Group Day is coming soon and we want you to get involved – here’s information and links to everything that will be happening around 15 June.
A Chapter A Day: Tips to help you keep reading
Taking part in A Chapter A Day? Here are our tips to keep up the reading habit
A Chapter A Day: Short stories and poems to build a reading habit
We have twelve recommendations of short stories and poetry aimed at anyone looking to read something quick and fun, perhaps on the commute to and from work.
A Chapter A Day: Tips to get started with reading
Here are some tips to help you get into the habit of reading this World Book Night. Before you know it, you won’t be able to stop!
Living in a Notification Nation: the distractions that prevent us from picking up a book
Read the results of our survey to mark World Book Night 2019.
How reading helps our World Book Night authors relax
Some of our brilliant World Book Night authors share their experiences of how reading helps them to find peace in our fast-paced world.
World Book Night: A Chapter A Day
A Chapter A Day is designed to help us all find ways to read a few pages every day, building up to a chapter a day and more. On this page you can find lots of resources to inspire your reading journey.
Fraser Hutchinson joins The Reading Agency as Head of Publisher Partnerships
Hutchinson, who has over 15 years of publishing experience, will lead The Reading Agency’s work connecting the publishing world with libraries and readers.
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