Read Hour will be celebrated from September 4th to 8th. A week filled with the joy of reading culminates in Read Hour on Friday, September 8th.

We asked Emily Souders from Riot Communications what is going on during Read Hour in their country.

Vi frågade Elisabet Reslegård från Läsrörelsen vad som är på gång i samband med Read Hour i Sverige.

We asked Vibeke Røgler from Foreningen !les what is going on during Read Hour in their country.

Read Hour is making its debut in Denmark in 2023.

We asked Anneli Loodus from Finnish Insitute in Estonia what is going on during Read Hour in their country.

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.

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.

The renowned Finnish literacy initiative, Read Hour, will be returning to the UK on 8th September. There will be a number of events during Read Hour that families can attend.

Young people will read if they find texts of their interest. Video games and rap lyrics can be gateways to reading, writes Olli Alanen, Executive Director of the Children and Youth Foundation.