The Reading Agency has unveiled the covers for its 2022 Quick Reads titles, written by the likes of Paula Hawkins, Graham Norton and Alex Wheatle. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 07:14:30 UTC ]
Publisher Saqi Books is working with the Reading Agency to provide samples of its new title, Rise, to less confident and reluctant readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 18:43:56 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has revealed full plans for World Book Night 2021 with writer, TV star and literacy advocate Sandi Toksvig as the 10th anniversary event's lead ambassador. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-31 18:13:40 UTC ]
Girls Aloud singer and mental health campaigner Nicola Roberts is among ambassadors championing the Reading Agency’s Read, Talk, Share initiative, aiming to combat loneliness and promote wellbeing through reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-24 22:08:33 UTC ]
The Reading Agency is relaunching its Reading Ahead literacy programme on 1st February with a new digital platform, and support from authors including Andy McNab, Adele Parks and Martina Cole. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-29 07:05:59 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has been given £3.5m as part of a government £7.5m funding package to tackle loneliness over the winter period. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 14:30:12 UTC ]
Children's publisher Knights Of is partnering with The Reading Agency for this year's Winter Mini Challenge programme encouraging youngsters to keep up their reading during the winter holidays. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 15:42:21 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has launched an online reading challenge for teachers in partnership with the Open University. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 04:47:32 UTC ]
The National Literacy Trust today released new research for National Writing Day, which found that more young people have been writing and reading in lockdown. Following already promising research from the Reading Agency in April, showing that 45% of young people were choosing to read more, it’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 13:42:51 UTC ]
Book groups are a massive force in the book world - but also a mystery. We don’t even know how many exist. Reading Groups for Everyone (which is part of The Reading Agency) has collated a list of 10,000 online and offline book groups in the UK. But academic surveys suggest that the real figure... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 06:17:00 UTC ]
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a spike in reading among young adults, a survey from The Reading Agency has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 02:12:37 UTC ]
The Reading Agency, Libraries Connected, Arts Council England and ASCEL have confirmed they will not be able to deliver the Summer Reading Challenge in its usual physical format this year. However, they have said a "high-quality digital offer" is in the pipeline. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 12:08:57 UTC ]
Novelist Rose Tremain has been made a Dame in the New Year's Honours list. Meanwhile poet and novelist Jackie Kay, the Scots Makar, receives a CBE. Sir Elton John, author of autumn memoir Me (Macmillan), is made a Companion of Honour. Among those receiving OBEs are artist and author David... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-27 17:04:32 UTC ]
The Reading Agency is challenging people to ditch their phones and rebuild their reading habits to mark World Book Night. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Sarrag, head of children’s reading at The Reading Agency and founder of the Summer Reading Agency, is stepping down from her post to pursue a freelance career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press’ Fraser Hutchinson will join literacy charity the Reading Agency in April as head of publisher partnerships. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reading Agency is planning an evaluation of the Summer Reading Challenge after receiving an award of £120,000 from Arts Council England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has reported an 8% drop in take-up of its Summer Reading Challenge, with 699,076 children across the UK taking part in 2018's Beano-themed challenge compared to more than 760,000 last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reading Agency is hoping to maintain participant numbers in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, the theme of which is The Beano. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Find out more about The Bookseller's Libraries of the Year focus, run in conjunction with sponsor Overdrive and partner The Reading Agency, including information on how to enter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]