Australia Reads is on a mission to get more people reading more books, more often.

We believe reading is the key to a smarter, healthier, happier nation. Research shows that reading books can be a great way to improve your cognitive abilities, relax your body and lower your heart rate, and enhance how happy you are with life.    

Our purpose is to champion reading as a healthy daily habit to help improve outcomes for all Australians.

Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whatever you want to achieve, and however you want to achieve it – we believe your chance of success, personal wellbeing and happiness can be significantly improved when you read books regularly.

WE ARE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT READING INITIATIVE

We are a not-for-profit joint initiative of the Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Library and Information Association, Australian Publishers Association and the Australian Society of Authors working in collaboration with their members.

DRIVEN BY A COMMON PASSION FOR READING

We are driven by our common interest in championing the extraordinary joy and pleasure to be had in reading, promoting the many wellbeing benefits of reading books, and increasing the discoverability and accessibility of work by Australian book creators – especially that of the 300+ Australian writers, storytellers, novelists and illustrators who’ve joined us as Ambassadors.

ESTABLISHING CREATIVE CONNECTIONS

We act as a creative content, events and marketing agency for the Australian book industry, informed by research, and designed as a conduit for connecting businesses, communities, organisations and schools with exciting reading opportunities.

STOP SCROLLING, START READING.

Ultimately, we want people to put down their phones, turn off the TV, pick up a book and read, for 10 minutes a day. Reading for 10 minutes a day at the average reading rate of 300 words per minute means you could be reading 3,000 words a day, leading to 90,000 words (the average length of an adult book) each month. 

If you’re looking for your next book why not check out our reading recommendations by guest curators including Bibliotherapists Sonya Tsakalakis and Germaine Leece, as well as from The Kids Bookshop.