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National Reading Day for Literacy and Numeracy Week
As part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week which kicked off yesterday, National Reading Day also coincides with Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday). Schools that participate in Nationa...
Kids still read for fun, teens less so
A new report released by Scholastic in the US corroborates the findings of the company's 2006 report on children's reading habits, finding that pleasure reading in children begins to decline at age ei...
Dymocks continues to donate for literacy
Dymocks’s seven-year-old charity arm, the Dymocks Literacy Foundation, is to donate 2,652 books to ten pre-schools and special needs schools along the Gold Coast.Titles from Libby Gleeson, Antho...
Dymocks Literacy Foundation gets into the swing
Authors Matthew Reilly and Bradley Trevor Greive were among over 100 golf enthusiasts getting into the swing of things at the inaugural Dymocks Literacy Foundation Golf Day held last Thursday. All pro...
Free books for Victoria's toddlers
Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government. A literacy pack containing a rhy...
WA library literacy program wins top business arts award
The State Library of Western Australia’s family literacy program this week won a top award for its role in fostering literacy in the community. The Better Beginnings program took out the W...
Random US donates $1 million to literacy organisation
Random House US has made an unprecedented donation of US$1 million (A$1.2 million) to First Book, a not-for-profit organisation that supports literacy programs.
Potter has limited effect on reading habits, says survey
According to US statistics, the percentage of children who read for fun continues to drop significantly as children get older, at almost exactly the same rate as before Harry Potter came alo...
New indigenous literacy project
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP), a new initiative to build on the success of the 2006 Australian Readers Challenge (ARC), has been launched. ILP is a new industry cooperative plan to help r...
Frankfurt expands focus on education
This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair is focusing strongly on education and literacy, with a theme of ‘Education for the Future.' Speaking at the opening press conference of the fair, director Juer...
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