2026 – Year of Reading

“The National Year of Reading 2026 is the biggest campaign in a generation designed to help more people (re)discover the joy of reading and make it part of their everyday lives.

Reading expands our world and sharpens our minds, yet fewer people are making time to read. A Department for Education initiative, in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust, the campaign aims to tackle the profound decline in reading enjoyment in the UK and reconnect people of all ages with reading as a relevant and immediately rewarding activity. The campaign asks the nation to Go All In on their passions and interests for 2026 and discover how reading can unlock the things they already love – be that music, football, baking, family-time, sci-fi, or … anything”.

(National Literacy Trust).

https://literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/national-year-of-reading-2026/

Useful reading links:

https://goallin.org.uk/whats-on/

https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/libraries

Reading at Albright Plus

We want everyone to have a choice in what they read at Albright Plus.  Therefore, choosing something you enjoy is vital.  You may be an avid reader or someone who reads when the mood takes you.  Either way this is your reading journey.

Are you a fiction fan?  Do you like finding out facts in non-fiction texts? You may enjoy a comic or a magazine.  Some of you have really enjoyed reading graphic novels, such as the Dogman series.

We would love for you to log your reading in our new booklets.  We will then display these in school to share your reading choices and encourage others. Ten books can be logged in each booklet. The booklets come in different colours.  Each time you fill a booklet you will gain points and move to another colour.

Good luck with your reading journey and enjoy!

The Albright Plus Team