The State of the Nation’s Adult Reading: 2024 Report
Half of all adults in the UK don’t read regularly for pleasure, and 1 in 6 – that’s 8.5 million…
News and Stories
Making reading accessible to people with dementia
Nada Savitch, a befriending and safeguarding specialist, blogs about her work on our Reading Friends programme, which aims to empower, engage and connect vulnerable and isolated older people through social reading activities.
Talking fiction? Research reveals our reading habits and hang-ups
Our survey, commissioned to mark World Book Night on Sunday 23 April, suggests huge numbers of us are hankering after more reading time.
World Book Night, Reading Elephants, and why it all matters
Author Vaseem Khan blogs on why initiatives such as World Book Night are so important.
Manchester residents challenged to get Reading Ahead
Manchester Reading Ahead launches today, to inspire more people in Manchester to get reading as part of the Read Manchester campaign from Manchester City Council and the National Literacy Trust.
Quick Reads and Unionlearn team up to address the UK’s reading deficit
The new Quick Reads books, published today, are being used as part of Unionlearn’s Literacy Works campaign.
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