Tag: reading
‘Groundbreaking’: shortlist for 2020 Booker prize is more diverse than ever
The six-strong shortlist for this year’s prestigious literary award includes four women and four people of colour
Arts Culture World
The woman who uses Positive News to help teach adults to read
Jeanette Haigh uses Positive News as a reading aid in adult literacy classes. The uplifting design and content make it a perfect match, she ...
Education Media Society
UK comics laureate: ‘it’s great to see the variety of heroes out there’
The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard is the UK’s new comics laureate. He tells Positive News why comics are not just for kids and how the ...
Arts
As links between literacy and depression become clear, why reading matters
Research reveals that England’s children have less positive attitudes to reading than other countries, while a third of adults don’t read fo...
Body & Mind Education Society Wellbeing
Mobile technology boosts literacy
According to a new UN study, mobile phones are causing a reading revolution in developing countries, Anna Bevan reports
Technology
Free book initiatives fight illiteracy
As the National Literacy Trust publishes figures suggesting children are reading less, a variety of projects across the country are working ...
Arts
