Read Hour
The joy of reading.
A campaign challenges everyone to read for an hour on the 8th of September.
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Find your way of reading.
Read Hour celebrates the UN’s International Literacy Day 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.
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Moominvalley available for free to celebrate Read Hour
The Invisible Child episode, produced by Gutsy Animations will be available to watch for free via Sky Kids’ YouTube channel from 8th-11th September to celebrate Read Hour.
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Let’s celebrate Read Hour
Read Hour is celebrated in many cities and many countries on the 8th of September. Here we have listed some of the events that are taking place.
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The President of Finland: “There is a growing demand for open-mindedness and empathy in the world today.”
President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö is the Patron of the Read Hour Literacy Campaign 2022.
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From World Book Day to the Summer Reading Challenge, literary initiatives are rife. Is there room for more?
Read Hour is a literacy initiative with the wonderfully simple objective of motivating people to read a book, a magazine, a comic, on UN International Literacy Day for just one hour.
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Read Hour’s main partners in Finland in 2022 are Moomin Characters and Storytel. Partners are Adlibris, Alma Media, Sanoma, Deloitte, Förlaget, Into-Digital, Adventure Club.
International partners:
Norway: Föreningen !Les,
Sweden: Läsrörelsen
UK: Riot Communications
Estonia: Soome instituut.
Main partners 2022
