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 welcomes Christopher Eccleston as a Summer Reading Challenge Champion
The Reading Agency is thrilled to announce that acclaimed actor Christopher Eccleston is confirmed as the fourth Champion for this…
Society of Authors Announces 2024 Awards Winners
‘Spanning genres, showing outstanding depths’ – The 2024 Society of Authors Awards’ winners have been announced.
The Reading Agency Partners with LoveReading
We’re delighted to announce a partnership with LoveReading, the online bookstore with a social purpose. You will now be able to…
Keith’s story: Reading Well for dementia
Keith, a member of our Reading Well for dementia book selection panel, shares his experience of reading, dementia and his involvement in developing Reading Well for dementia.
V. V. Ganeshananthan Wins Women’s Prize For Fiction
The Women’s Prize for Fiction was won by American author, V. V. Ganeshananthan, for her deeply moving, powerful second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war.
Naomi Klein Wins Inaugural Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was awarded to Canadian bestselling writer, global activist and film-maker, Naomi Klein, for Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World; her urgent, illuminating examination of our polarised society.
Community Champions Sites Unveiled to Support Health Through Reading
Four library authorities have been selected as pilot sites for the Reading Well community champions programme.
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2024 Shortlist Revealed
The Essence of Adventure: The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation have announced the shortlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing titles.
Titles from Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tom Daley, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Haruki Murakami part of the BBC and The Reading Agency’s Big Sporting Read
The Big Sporting Read – a new national celebration of reading – has announced its list of 25 titles celebrating…
Kairos wins the International Booker Prize 2024
Kairos, written by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated from German by Michael Hofmann, has been announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2024.
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