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
Over 500,000 Summer Reading Challenge joiners through the cross-authority pilot model!
The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest summer reading programme for children aged 4-11, run by The Reading Agency and delivered in partnership with public libraries across the UK. Earlier this year at a roundtable event in East Ham Library, we were delighted to reveal the findings of our 3-year study.
How To Get into Reading
If you’re someone who has always wanted to get into reading but didn’t know where to start, you’re in the right place! Read our tips to unlock the joy of reading.
The Booker Prizes Announce the International Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist
The International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist that ‘interweaves the intimate and political in radically original ways’ has been announced.
The Reading Agency and Manchester Libraries team up with CBBC for the Blue Peter Book Club Live
Blue Peter, the world’s longest running kids TV show, is partnering with The Reading Agency and Manchester Libraries on an exciting new initiative called The Blue Peter Book Club Live.
The Women’s Prizes announce the Inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlist
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – the inaugural international celebration of women’s non-fiction writing – today unveils the shortlist for its 2024 Prize featuring six titles with an originality of voice and an ability to turn complex ideas and personal trauma into inventive, compelling and immersive prose.
Publishers invited to The Reading Agency Insights events to tackle big health challenges through reading
The Reading Agency is hosting a series of free online events for publishers, sharing insights and data from ten years…
The Summer Reading Challenge’s ‘Marvellous Makers’ theme celebrates children’s creativity
The Reading Agency is excited to announce the theme for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge: Marvellous Makers! Developed in partnership with Create, this year’s Challenge aims to fire up children’s imaginations and unleash storytelling and creativity through the power of reading.
The Booker Prizes Announce the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist
The International Booker Prize 2024 longlist is announced ‘signalling a second “boom” in Latin American fiction’
Women’s Prize for Fiction announces 2024 Longlist
Debut voices make up half of 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist.
Inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Announces Longlist
The Women’s Prize Trust announces the Longlist for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.
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