Read Hour
The joy of reading.
A campaign challenges everyone to read for an hour on the 8th of September.
Let’s read more together!
Read Hour celebrates the joy of reading on 8th September. Spend just one hour of your day reading, whether that be a book, magazine or comic book – everything is encouraged. Share your best reading tips and encourage everybody to join on social media with hashtags #ReadHour.
Have a look at the campaign materials for UK:
News
Read Hour spreads the joy of reading on September 8th – almost 60,000 children and young people are participating in Finland
Read Hour in the UK
Read Hour i Sverige
Read Hour in Norway
How can you participate in Read Hour?
Everybody can participate in Read Hour by reading one hour and spread the joy of reading! In 2023 we encourage you to read a book from the children and youth litterature.
You can for example think of how your favourite book would be described with emojis. What kind of happy reading memories do you have from your childhood or adolescene?
Share your thoughts and follow the atmosphere on social media with #ReadHour.
Partners
Read Hour’s main partners in Finland in 2023 are Moomin Characters and Otava.
International partners
Föreningen !Les (Norway), Läsrörelsen (Sweden), Riot Communications (United Kingdom), Soome instituut (Estonia), Centralbibliotekerne (Denmark)
Main partners 2023 in Finland
