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Featured 19 July 2024

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…

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19 September 2023

The Booker Prizes launch the Booker Prize Book Club

The Booker Prize Book Club launches as a place for readers everywhere to discuss the 2023 shortlist, access exclusive content and win a range of prizes, including tickets to the winner ceremony.

18 September 2023

Reading Well Awarded Funding for Strategic Development and Outreach Programme

The new funding will allow Reading Well to scale its reach and impact over the next two years with a focus on addressing health inequality.

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8 September 2023

Join the new Blue Peter Book Club!

Each month, presenters will showcase a new book and be joined by young readers to talk about the incredible stories, new worlds and fascinating characters they discover.

A stack of Wolfson History Prize shortlisted books.

5 September 2023

Wolfson History Prize announces 2023 Shortlist

Timely histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain, wartime resistance, the plague and globalisation among shortlist for 2023 Wolfson History Prize!

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4 September 2023

How do we look?

Our bold new visual identity is a part of that and reflects who we are and our vision: to get more people fired up about reading, because everything changes when we read.

A graphic reads 'Ready, Set. Read!'. There are illustrations of children on either sides of the words, and an illustration of a cat underneath the words.

18 August 2023

New Summer Reading Challenge Model sees dramatic increases in children’s library membership

Our new report summarises findings from our cross-authority pilot model of the Summer Reading Challenge.

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14 August 2023

Share your reading group story

What impact does being in a reading group or book club have on you? Does it make you read more, or try different types of books? At The Reading Agency, we want to encourage reading groups to become active members of our reading community.

10 August 2023

National Reading Group Day 2023

Save the date! On Thursday 14 September we’ll be celebrating National Reading Group Day.

31 July 2023

The Booker Prizes Announce ‘Original and Thrilling’ 2023 Longlist

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2023 – the world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction – has been announced.

26 July 2023

Teresa Cremin, Aimée Felone, Michael Lewis, David Shelley, Kit de Waal and Sue Williamson join The Reading Agency’s Board of Trustees

The Reading Agency is delighted to welcome Teresa Cremin, Kit de Waal, Aimée Felone, Michael Lewis, David Shelley and Sue Williamson to its Board of Trustees.

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