The National Reading Movement is a 5-year campaign by the National Library Board (NLB) to encourage all to Read More, Read Widely and Read Together.
The National Library Board, Singapore launched its first-ever nationwide reading initiative, Read! Singapore in 2005. Adapted from such highly successful international reading programmes as ‘One Book, One City’ in the USA and: Australia, Read! Singapore was conceived to promote a culture of reading fiction, to highlight the joy of reading for leisure and to encourage community bonding.
The programme encompasses readers from the age of seven years through to senior citizens. For readers aged 15 years and above, the 2013 programme showcases one novelist per language in addition to an anthology of twelve short stories cross-translated to be available in the four official languages and four poems.
Let’s build a vibrant reading culture in Singapore and make Singapore a #ReadingNationSG.
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