25 April 2016
Poetry Hacktivism
Cut up pages from magazines, newspapers or printed blogs about issues that matter to you
25 April 2016
Internet Poetry Hack
Use search terms to remix the internet into poetry.
25 April 2016
Character Hack
Cut up the dialogue of two characters in two books and make them talk to each other in a new conversation.
22 April 2016
Arts Award Briefing
Find out more about Arts Award and libraries with this helpful download.
22 April 2016
World Book Night 2015 evaluation report
Our 2015 report reveals the overwhelmingly positive effect of giving books to non-readers. Conducted independently by Free Thought Research.
21 April 2016
Sound Lounge
Free write while listening to music. Do it with a friend or in a group to create a sound lounge. How do the same pieces of music influence everyone’s writing?
21 April 2016
Crisis and Creation - a Fan Fiction Hack
Write a short piece of fiction imagining a moment of crisis that led a musician to write one of their greatest songs. Don’t name the song in your piece – then see if others can guess which song the musician...
21 April 2016
Turn a Book into a Song Hack
Become a songwriter and write a song based on a favourite read.
21 April 2016
Lyric Speak Hack
Become a lyric artist and make a playlist of your own recordings inspired by a story.
21 April 2016
Novel Soundtracks Hack
Create a playlist for a read (it could be a play, novel or poem) which captures its atmosphere and story.
21 April 2016
Escaped Story Stop-motion Hack
Make a story escape from the pages with Instagram
21 April 2016
Book Trailer Cinema
Learn new digital skills by creating a book trailer for a favourite book.
19 April 2016
Running a Reading Hack planning session
Design your Reading Hack programme to create an exciting programme of hack activities, events and projects to engage more young people in your library or school. You can use this session outline with two PowerPoints to plan activity to meet...
19 April 2016
Setting up a group of young planners
One of the most effective ways of engaging with young people is to set up a young person’s planning group. This gives them the chance to take on planning roles to guide creative programming and get others involved. The group...
14 April 2016
Bookface Hack
Merge life and art by using a book to take clever picture of yourself. Add your bookface shot to all the bookface art out there on Instagram and Twitter.
14 April 2016
Six Picture Story Hack
Summarise the plot or motto of a book in six photos.
14 April 2016
Commissioning guidelines - Reading Well for young people
This document provides information about Reading Well for young people for health commissioners. It includes case studies showing how libraries can work with public health to deliver the scheme.
14 April 2016
Introductory PowerPoint - Reading Well for young people
PowerPoint presentation on general information regarding Reading Well for young people. Can be used as a template to present the scheme locally.
14 April 2016
A Thousand Words Hack
Take a photo that summarises exactly how a book made you feel.
14 April 2016
Dystopia Hack Pack
This Hack Pack includes 5 hacks that engage creatively with the genre of dystopian fiction plus a Dystopian Book List.
14 April 2016
Tweet from the Future Hack
Tweet Shakespeare’s views as he wakes up one morning in 2015. Has he found a Utopia or Dystopia?
14 April 2016
Library FAQs - Reading Well for young people
Answers to library staff frequently asked questions about Reading Well for young people, including: general information, launch support, library involvement and digital resources.
14 April 2016
Dystopian Debates Hack
Why do bestselling young adult novels seem darker now than in the past? Or do they? What’s behind the dystopia trend and why is there so much demand for it? Or has it always been this way? Hold a dystopian...
14 April 2016
After the End Hack
A hack for photography lovers. Take a picture that suggests the apocalypse has just ended. Your challenge: Include a book in the photo!
14 April 2016
Your Dystopia Hack
This creative hack is about imagining your own dystopia. What does it look like? Why and how is it different to our own world? What are the struggles and dangers for its people?
13 April 2016
Hacked Worlds hack
This hack is about Dystopian worlds. Hack a character from one dystopia into another dystopia. Write a short script about what happens next.
13 April 2016
Dystopian Covers Hack
A short fun hack that is a twist on the saying ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’ Choose a book cover which you haven’t read. Decide what the dystopia might be based on the cover.
12 April 2016
DKfindout! Chatterbooks activity pack
Here is an introduction to www.dkfindout.com – a great website for young people to search, learn and explore information about their favourite subjects, and all their homework topics. It’s clear, colourful, attractive, and easy to use, with hundreds of information...
12 April 2016
Thrills, adventures, spies and detectives! Chatterbooks activity pack
Following up on our original Spies and Thrillers Chatterbooks activity pack here is another pack on the same theme, with more great reading, discussion and activity ideas. This pack is geared more to the older children in your group; it...
12 April 2016
Peter Jay Black video
Summer Reading Challenge Author of the Month Peter J Black talks Counterstrike, the thrilling fourth installment in his Urban Outlaws series.
