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Brand new clubs that offered teenage boys the opportunity to meet celebrities, win prizes and enjoy many activities!
Reading Communities
The towns of Barry and Llanelli organised a whole host of book-based events over the summer and autumn!
Click here for more details of the 2008 Reading Communities.
Give a Book Week
Celebrities and members of the public throughout Wales gave each other books as gifts during this special week in July!
Click here to take a peek at the week's activities
News
Launch of the winning books for Our Big Read in the Vale of Glamorgan
23 Sep 2008 Residents in the Vale have been voting during the last six weeks on which two books they would most like to read during October.
Aberystwyth leads the way in National Year of Reading!
10 Sep 2008 Aberystwyth and Ceredigion are proving pivotal to the National Year of Reading in Wales.
Minister Meets Barry Bookworms
18 Aug 2008 Education Minister Jane Hutt has visited Barry library in the Vale of Glamorgan to congratulate them on becoming one of Wales’ Reading Communities.
Calling all relatives! A challenge to improve children’s literacy.
16 Aug 2008 With the National Year of Reading in full swing, Gareth Davies Jones takes a look at how leaving children on their own with a pile of books may not be the best incentive to learning new skills and improving literacy.
Riveting Rural Reads!
14 Aug 2008 As the agricultural and local county show season kicks off, we ask some of the leading lights of the agri-scene in Wales to tell us a little about what they view as gripping page turners and their essential reads.
Corus employees are fully booked!
8 Aug 2008 Corus employees are being offered books free of charge as part of a national initiative that reminds people in Wales of the benefits of reading for leisure.
Reading communities share their shortlist of essential reads
30 Jul 2008 Earlier this year Llanelli and Barry were chosen as the two Reading Communities of Wales as part of the National Year of Reading 2008
Launching Llanelli Community Reads
24 Jul 2008 Ten authors are going head to head in a battle to make their book the best read in Llanelli.
Sharing the Gift of Reading!
3 Jul 2008 Give a Book Week 7th-12th July 2008
