It's The Year To Read

Tablelands Libraries will be offering even more reasons to go to your local library this year as they celebrate the National Year of Reading with a host of activities.

What is National Year of Reading? Nearly half the population struggle without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work.

There are 46% of Australians who can't read newspapers; follow a recipe; make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.

Australian libraries and library associations are behind a campaign to turn 2012 into the National Year of Reading, linking together all the great things that are already happening around books, reading and literacy, and giving them an extra boost, with inspirational programs and events taking place across the country.

The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It's about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It's about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it's about Australians becoming a nation of readers.

Tablelands Regional Council's 11 library branches have a full year of events planned, based around the theme of reading, with a different emphasis each month.

More details will be available closer to the date.

For more information on the National Year of Reading go to www.love2read.org.au