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Read Hour spreads the joy of reading on September 8th – almost 60,000 children and young people are participating in Finland

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.

Read Hour in the UK

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

Read Hour i Sverige

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

Person sitting in a chair reading a book in front of an old phone booth.

Read Hour in Norway

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

Read Hour in Denmark

Read Hour is making its debut in Denmark in 2023.

Read Hour in Estonia

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

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.

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.

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.

Read Hour returns to the UK this September

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.