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Six Book Challenge in association with Costa Coffee

We are running an annual challenge - the Six Book Challenge in association with Costa Coffee. The Challenge to libraries is to build stronger relationships with adult literacy practitioners. The Challenge to adult literacy learners is to read six books. The Challenge to us is to make sure that every library and adult literacy practitioner has the support they need to make this happen.

Reading Partners

Reading Partners brings publishers and libraries together to create exciting events and activities for readers. The programme is going from strength to strength and publishers are building libraries into their marketing planning in new and exciting ways.

Reading groups database

Reading is becoming a fantastic way to meet people. In recent years hundreds of reading groups organised through libraries have sprung up around the country and more are being set up all the time. We hold the national database of reading groups that allows you to find a group near you.

Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction celebrates women's writing. It is awarded annually for the best full-length novel by a female author published in the UK that year. It has become one of the most prestigious awards in the literary calendar and we have been involved since 2000.

BBC RaW

RaW (Read and Write) is the biggest campaign ever run by the BBC to help adults read and write better. Did you know that there are 12 million adults in the UK who struggle with reading and writing? RaW is for all of them.