More than a third of UK adults have given up reading for pleasure, study finds
The Audio Long Read
‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books – podcast
The Guardian view on Frank Cottrell-Boyce as children’s laureate: a timely champion
‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi
June 2024
The long read
‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books
Children reading fewer, less challenging books, UK and Ireland study finds
May 2024
‘BookTok Bookshelves’ to launch in cities around the UK
Taking advantage of the social media platform’s books community, a partnership with the National Literacy Trust will provide 20 ‘bookshelves’ in areas lacking literary provision
April 2024
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
‘We may lose ability to think critically at all’: the book-summary apps accused of damaging authors’ sales
March 2024
The impact of screen time on parent-child relationships
World Book Day finds children are put off reading for pleasure
February 2024
Lack of support for children in England leading to ‘literacy crisis’
Crisis could cost economy £830m for each school year group, according to new research
January 2024
Michael Morpurgo backs call to ensure poorer children have access to books
Leading children’s author says deprived children in UK are missing out on lifetime of reading for pleasure
Every day’s a school day: the great-grandmother who goes to primary school
A 92-year-old woman, in an area of India with low literacy rates, is inspiring others to learn how to read and write
We should cherish handwriting: the scribbled, the scrawled, the stubbornly jotted
Alex Clark
Our communications lose character when we give up putting pen to paper. It’s hard to imagine an Auden poem celebrating the arrival of the night email
December 2023
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers
A study from the University of Valencia found that print reading could boost skills by six to eight times more than digital reading
November 2023
Almost a million children in the UK do not own a book
Myra Barrs obituary
September 2023
Switching off: Sweden says back-to-basics schooling works on paper
How I turned prisoners’ misery into reading pleasure: the brilliant story of Bang Up Books
