Hackney Libraries Go All In for the National Year of Reading
Hackney is officially joining the national Year of Reading, kicking things off in January with a new Hackney Libraries Reading Charter! This declaration spotlights all the fantastic, year-round work we do across the borough to champion reading for pleasure and to provide crucial learning support for everyone. All year we will showcase our different programmes designed to get all ages reading – from little ones right up to adults needing literacy help – plus the books in different languages we provide in our libraries, celebrating the wonderful diversity of Hackney’s community.
Hackney Libraries’ Reading Charter
We make reading lists with staff, partners & residents
We support Reading Champions in schools
We invest in great spaces for reading
We run reading groups for children
We host talks by local authors
We run reading groups for adults
We run a summer holidays reading quest
We have books in different languages
We support Read Easy to teach adults to read
We help babies and toddlers fall in love with books
We have writing groups at every library
We are warm spaces to read in winter
We are cool spaces to read in summer
We take books to residents who can’t get to a library
We host events that promote literacy
We are here for everyone
…and we do all this with our fab partners from Hackney Education, Read Easy, Hackney Early Years, Imagination Library, Hackney Pensioners, U3A, Hackney Circle, Welcome Hackney, Hackney Museum, Hackney Archives, Young Hackney, Hackney Culture Team, Young Lit Stars, Housing with Care, Homerton Hospital, Welcome Hackney, Dementia Friendly Hackney…
“Families are hungry for representation and access to books”
