{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6abd1a8ba1e35118e23d3a59?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"I'm Not Sure the National Year of Reading Is Working. Here's Why","description":"<p>It&#39;s past my bedtime, my microphone has given up the ghost, and I&#39;ve got something to get off my chest: the National Year of Reading. I&#39;ve been having a dig into where the money is going, and by my calculations the £150,000 set aside for libraries works out at around £41 per library. That&#39;s a fair few biscuits, but not many books.</p><p>So I&#39;m putting forward some ideas of my own for getting adults reading again:</p><ul><li>Book monitors: volunteers in tabards helping nervous shoppers find the right book, the way a good cheese shop lets you try before you buy</li><li>Making reading cool again, with more famous faces seen with a book in hand</li><li>Audiobooks and graphic novels as an easy way in</li><li>Five minutes a day, with reading streaks to keep you going</li><li>Libraries on trains for long commutes and delays</li><li>World Book Day for adults: a book voucher for everyone, no dressing up required (and maybe a free biscuit)</li></ul><p>Are my ideas ridiculous? Have you seen the National Year of Reading making a difference in schools? I&#39;d love to know what you think.</p><p>Then it&#39;s our October book club roundup of The One You Least Suspect by Brian McGilloway. I&#39;ve read the second quarter, up to around page 188, and share how it&#39;s making me feel, with no spoilers. If you&#39;re not reading along, you can stop listening at that point.</p><p>I&#39;ll be back on Monday with an author interview.</p><p>Watch this episode on Apple Podcasts: <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall/id1478566505\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>Get in touch - links:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/533022350711635/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group</a> | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/quick_book_reviews/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> | <a href=\"mailto:quickbookreviews@outlook.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quickbookreviews@outlook.com</a></p><p>Quick Book Reviews: author interviews and book reviews with no spoilers.</p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}