Armed with new and disturbing survey information about youth reading from the National Literary Trust, this year’s UK World Book Day hands out book tokens.
Today’s World Read Aloud Day: ‘Competing for Attention’
On World Read Aloud Day, literary charity LitWorld works with Scholastic and other global organizations to encourage individuals and communities improve literacy.
Industry Notes: Canada’s Family Literacy Day and World Read Aloud Day
In close proximity to each other on the calendar, Canada’s Family Literacy Day and Scholastic’s World Read Aloud Day address reading at home.
In the UK, the ‘Library of the Future’ Looks a Lot Like Lego
In a ‘Library Week’ competition from the UK’s CILIP, library supporters build their visions of the future in Lego and head for a festival this weekend.
Penguin Random House and Kellogg’s Renew ‘Feeding Reading’ Promotion
Having distributed more than 400,000 children’s books last year, the PRH-Kellogg’s partnership, Feeding Reading, is back this year with 125 titles on offer.
The UK’s World Book Day Names a First Chief Executive
Cassie Chadderton is being tapped by the London-based reading charity for ‘her track record of representing policy and political and stakeholder relations.’
Nielsen Book and Rakuten OverDrive Named Supporters of the UK’s Libraries Week
Both the United States-based Rakuten OverDrive and the UK-based Nielsen Book are named today as new partners for CILIP in Libraries Week 2019.
Scholastic’s ‘Kids & Family’ Report Sees Summer Youth Reading Lagging
More children are seen by Scholastic’s researchers as reading ‘zero books’ during the summer, and many parents don’t grasp the ‘summer slide’ problem.
Bodour Al Qasimi to IPA’s Africa Seminar: ‘Everyone Is Equally Responsible’
Africa is ‘one of the most under-represented regions in global literature,’ Bodour Al Qasimi tells IPA’s Nairobi seminar. ‘We want you to reverse these facts.’
Brian Wafawarowa on ‘Africa Rising’: Inclusive Publishing and Literacy
At the International Publishers Association’s Africa Seminar in Nairobi, the IPA’s lead on inclusivity and literacy looks at issues and trends.