NYR Twitter Session – Australia-wide! TONIGHT 8pm AEDST

Take part in Australia’s Second TWEETING session for the National Year of Reading. Find out how you can tweet to other bookworms…

Heat and Friction…Are libraries in the frying pan?

Move away libraries, we have bigger fish to fry.

This is what every library, no matter how big or small, dreads to hear.  Over the past few years, library associations worldwide have been negotiating with publishers for better loan agreements for e-books.  But the consequences go beyond the library.  If publishers don’t release more loans onto ebook libraries, publishers will be left in the dust as a whole new generation stampedes into a brave new world…

Have you got your #laugh read ready?

Take a break from the politics this weekend!  All will be revealed @ 10am on Monday anyway.

To start off your week, read a funny book. Then get ready for the National Year of Reading Online Twitter Club this Tuesday @ 8pm!!!

Reading 101…Lesson 2: Reading improves your Creativity

Reading can help you improve your Creativity. Find out how…

Reading 101…Lesson 1: Why Reading Matters

Reading improves Concentration and Memory Recall – Find out in Tutorial 101: Why Read!

…When all through the house…everyone was reading…including the mouse…The Reading Hour

There was a night
When all through the house
Everyone was reading
Including the mouse…

    

Read this poem on The Reading Hour.

Library Lovers Day tomorrow!

Library Lovers Day is tomorrow!!  With events happening all across Australia, there’s never been a better time to pick up a book!  See all the posters available.

Books are roads to anywhere!

The launch of the National Year of Reading is just around the corner (Feb 14) !  Get Reading!

If you use our posters, please link back to this site!  Thank you!

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Want a laugh? Our LAUGHing list is filled with reads that are guaranteed to make you #laugh.

As you know, the 2012 National Year of Reading theme for February is #Laugh.  Don’t know where to start?  See our recommendations which we promise will send you LAUGHing.

eReaders eReviewed…Want to get one for Feb 14?

So we thought it’s time to review the eReader market again and see what’s on offer. Our last time was on the 28th May in 2011.  8 Months later…has much changed?

theopinionchair undertakes investigations and finds out…