27 April 2017 • Our blog
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.
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20 April 2017 • Media releases
Our survey, commissioned to mark World Book Night on Sunday 23 April, suggests huge numbers of us are hankering after more reading time.
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19 April 2017 • Media releases
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.
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02 February 2017 • Media releases
The new Quick Reads books, published today, are being used as part of Unionlearn's Literacy Works campaign.
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30 May 2017 • Our blog
Translated books account for only 3.5% of literary fiction published. We work with the Man Booker International Prize to help translated fiction reach new audiences.
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19 April 2017 • Our blog
Author Vaseem Khan blogs on why initiatives such as World Book Night are so important.
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19 October 2016 • Our blog
Find out how to get involved in the #LovetoRead campaign, launched by the BBC in partnership with all the main reading charities, libraries and publishers.
Read moreWe welcome contact from media professionals. We can provide expert comment and interviewees on the importance of reading and libraries. For all media enquiries please contact our communications agency, Stand or call 0203 6965800.
Out of hours, contact Sue Wilkinson or call 07789 380224
Our ambassadors support and advocate for our work with children, young people and adults with low level literacy.
In our drive to open up equal chances for people to become readers, we work with a huge range of partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
We specialise in working with public libraries because of the way they open up access to reading opportunities and support.
