Acclaimed author Jeanette Winterson, OBE gave the inaugural Reading Agency Lecture to mark the 10th anniversary of the independent charity, The Reading Agency.

To help tackle society's literacy problems, independent charity The Reading Agency has today announced new plans to create 10 million opportunities for adults and children to get involved in motivating and confidence building reading activities such as reading challenges and reading groups by 2017.

A new book tackling children's reaction to natural disasters and the impact on communities was launched today (8 November 2012), at a special London event organised by disaster relief charity ShelterBox and The Reading Agency, the independent charity working to inspire more people to read more, to mark one year of successful partnership working.