Australia Reads
31 communities across NSW and QLD will host events with Australian authors and illustrators as part of the LitUp program.
Over 6,000 Australian students reached through 82 live literature events as part of the LitUp pilot program.
Local and international reading advocates join the line up for this year’s National Reading Symposium.
We’re calling on our community to help engage local MPs at our upcoming Parliamentary Friends of Books and Reading event in Canberra.
From August 22-28 join schools, libraries and bookstores around the country in celebrating Children’s Book Week.
Who is listening to audiobooks, and what are they listening to? How do audiobooks compare to print and ebook reading? And what are audiobook listeners’ perceptions of themselves as ‘readers’? New research seeks to answer these questions.
Mark your calendars: the National Reading Symposium, VOLUME, will return October 21 & 22 this year.
The latest National Arts Participation Survey offers some reassuring news for the books sector – along with a few surprising discoveries about Australian’s reading habits and preferences.
Want to see support for reading prioritised in the next National Cultural Policy? We’re calling on our community to join us in making a submission by 24 May 2026.
This April 20-26, readers can take part a curated ‘crawl’ around the independent bookshops in a range of Australian cities.
Expressions of interest are now open for schools, libraries and bookstores to participate in the second round of the LitUp program.
Australia Reads recognised for its innovative and collaborative approach to building reading rates in Australia and world-first reading research.
