PRH announces two-year partnership with National Literacy Trust
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced a two-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust (NLT), an independent charity that works with disadvantaged children to develop their literacy skills. PRH will...
Yarra Plenty library to expand Doggy Tales reading program
Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) in Victoria is seeking dogs for its Doggy Tales program, which helps children struggling with literacy by giving them the opportunity to read to dogs....
Literacy outreach: Matt Finch’s work in schools and libraries
What inspires a British academic to stage a zombie siege in a rural Aussie library or teach teens how to con their way into a million dollars? Community outreach consultant...
Evaluation of National Year of Reading due in early 2013
An academic evaluation of the 2012 National Year of Reading carried out by Edith Cowan University in Western Australia will be released in March/April next year. Campaign organiser Sue McKerracher told...
100 Story Building to launch
A new centre for literacy called the 100 Story Building will be launched at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 30 October. The centre aims to give disadvantaged children the...
Budget delivers small business tax relief, funds for small business commissioner; Indigenous literacy and numeracy funding redirected
Small businesses that are currently making losses will be able to claim losses against previously taxed income from next year as a result of the Federal Government’s tax loss carry-back...
Sydney Story Factory finds home in Redfern
The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit centre designed to help children and young adults with writing, has announced that it has taken a lease on a property in Redfern for...
ILP to become independent foundation; Logo competition announced
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has announced that the project will become an independent Foundation with its own charitable status this year. In a letter sent to ILP supporters last week, the...
2010 ‘Wall of Hands’ literacy project launched
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation launched its 2010 Wall of Hands project last week to raise funds to improve the literacy of children in remote Indigenous communities. The project,...
In brief
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant become RHYW publisher partnersReadHowYouWant (RHYW), which produces special formats of books such as DAISY and large print, has announced that HarperCollins Australia and Hardie Grant have joined...
Flanagan named national literacy ambassador
Author John Flanagan was announced as the 2009 National Literacy Ambassador during the current National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW), by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The ambassador will exist in order...
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 National Reading Day...
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, Anthony Browne, Anna...
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....
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 rhyme...
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...
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...
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,...