2026 National Year of Reading

The 2026 National Year of Reading is an initiative started by the Labour Government in the United Kingdom.[1] Launched with the Department for Education (DfE) and the National Literacy Trust.[2]

The National Year of Reading was announced on 7th July 2025 and launched in January 2026 at the Emirates Stadium under the campaign identity “Go All In”.[1][3]

Events

Supporting the initiative, on the 2 February to the 8 February the National week of storytelling took place.[4]

The goal was to encourage people to read because of the decline in reading levels following up to 2026.[5] Shown from a study.[6]

Topics

To do this the initiative supported multiple topics:

Sport, Music, Horror, Comedy, TV/Film and Gaming.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 BBC Podcast on Reading
  2. ↑ The National Literary Trust and Department for Education unveil Go All In
  3. ↑ "National Year of Reading campaign for 2026 kicks off at Emirates Stadium". The Bookseller. Jan 13, 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. ↑ teach National Week of Storytelling and World Book Day
  5. ↑ 2025 Fall of Enjoyment of Reading
  6. ↑ The Times on Teenagers and reading
  7. BBC Media Centre on National Year of Reading
  8. BBC Reading Report
  9. BBC Reading Culture
  10. BBC on the campaign to keep children reading
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