Media releases

Reading during the school holidays really does make a difference!

01 March 2023 • Media releases

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Titles from Akala, David Olusoga and Bolu Babalola part of Universal Music Group and The Reading Agency's Mark My Words library campaign

26 January 2023 • Media releases

The Reading Agency and Universal Music Group's (UMG's) UK Task Force for Meaningful Change have today announced the titles for 'Mark My Words', a national libraries campaign celebrating Black authors.

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Radio 2 Book Club arrives on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

24 January 2023 • Media releases

Zoe Ball revealed to her listeners today that the new home of The Radio 2 Book Club will be The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show!

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Tom Fletcher launches Blue Peter 'Amazing Authors' Writing Competition

20 January 2023 • Media releases

'Dip into Reading' and Reap the Wellbeing Benefits this Winter

16 January 2023 • Media releases

27 titles by Joe Wicks, Luan Goldie and the Quick Reads authors including Bernardine Evaristo to be gifted as part of World Book Night 2023

15 December 2022 • Media releases

The Reading Agency and Science Museum Group invite children on a winter reading adventure

16 November 2022 • Media releases

Mark My Words - Universal Music Group and The Reading Agency gift books by Black authors to libraries across the UK

27 October 2022 • Media releases

A statement on Reading Well for teens

12 October 2022 • Media releases

StoryTrails, the UK's largest immersive storytelling project, drives library visits to pre-pandemic levels

07 October 2022 • Media releases

Girls in Islington to take part in writing project inspired by legacy of Andrea Levy

06 October 2022 • Media releases

Reading Well for teens launches in public libraries across England and Wales on 10th October 2022

15 September 2022 • Media releases

Adam B, Max & Harvey, and Dr Jess Wade announced as ambassadors for science and innovation themed Summer Reading Challenge

16 June 2022 • Media releases

The Reading Agency and National Literacy Trust team up to get children in Islington reading this summer

09 June 2022 • Media releases

Yangsze Choo, Jing-Jing Lee and Markus Zusak take part in the first of a series of six national public library events celebrating the Big Jubilee Read

31 May 2022 • Media releases

Get Immersive with the Gadgeteers!

25 May 2022 • Media releases

Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards Launches Live Shortlist Event Series with The Reading Agency

09 May 2022 • Media releases

A quarter of UK adults started reading more during lockdowns and have continued to, finds new survey to mark World Book Night 2022

23 April 2022 • Media releases

HarperCollins Children's Books In Association With The Reading Agency Gift 5000 Copies Of Book Commemorating The Queen's Platinum Jubilee To Public Libraries Across The UK And Northern Ireland

21 April 2022 • Media releases

The Big Jubilee Read booklist announced!

19 April 2022 • Media releases

Dr Alex George, Ayisha Malik, Dreda Say Mitchell and Lemn Sissay to join host Bobby Seagull for hybrid World Book Night celebration on 23 April

25 March 2022 • Media releases

The Reading Agency partners with Science Museum Group for innovation themed Summer Reading Challenge

24 March 2022 • Media releases

Libraries are put on the map as part of StoryTrails 'Summer of Stories' campaign

07 March 2022 • Media releases

Children's writer and presenter, Konnie Huq, to host family events on science, the environment and coding at Merseyside Libraries as part of British Science Week

04 March 2022 • Media releases

The Reading Agency and BBC Arts launch national reading campaign to mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee

01 March 2022 • Media releases

What better way to celebrate this Valentine's Day than 25 books children and young people in Wales love!

14 February 2022 • Media releases

The Reading Agency Reveals 20th Birthday Celebrations to Get the Nation Reading Plus 7 New Ambassadors

20 January 2022 • Media releases

We've extended the Winter Mini Challenge!

18 January 2022 • Media releases