Libraries bracing for book loan boom as Summer Reading Challenge launches
14 July 2017 • Media releases
We expect this year's Challenge, Animal Agents, to attract three quarters of a million children into libraries over the summer break
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No need for 'Dr Google': Library scheme gets Brits reading their way to better health
03 July 2017 • Media releases
Reading Well for long term conditions, available in libraries from this month, has been developed in partnership between The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians
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Talking fiction? Research reveals our reading habits and hang-ups
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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Manchester residents challenged to get Reading Ahead
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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Reading Friends: how our new programme is coming to life
04 July 2017 • Our blog
Reading Friends is being co-produced with older people, including people with dementia, carers and disabled people. Katie Pekacar blogs on what's involved in developing a new programme.
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Why we promote literature in translation
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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Making reading accessible to people with dementia
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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