09 Aug 2016
The Annual Reading Hour Celebration aims to spread the simple message,
‘Share a book for 10 minutes a day, an hour a week, and give the gift of reading'.
The Reading Hour emerged from the National Year of Reading 2012, and is an ongoing campaign from Love2Read, funded by the ALIA Australian Public Library Alliance and in partnership with the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Responding to research highlighting Australia's critically low literacy rates and the increased social and economic opportunities for children that are read to from an early age, The Reading Hour initiative reminds parents, caregivers and families that reading together doesn't have to be a massive undertaking in their increasingly busy lives. Rather, it encourages the ‘anytime, anywhere' mantra, building a foundation in society whereby reading is a gift, given freely. Although the official Reading Hour is held nationwide on Tuesday 16th of August, the joy of reading can be celebrated anytime, anywhere.
Driven by Australian libraries, Love2Read raises the status and visibility of reading and literacy nationwide, promotes the benefits of reading and storytelling as critical life skills and catalysts for wellbeing, and unifies the national literacy network working toward Australia becoming a nation of readers.
www.love2read.org.au
facebook.com/love2readAU