2017 innovations in reading prize winner announced
The 2017 Innovations in Reading Prize has been awarded to Barbershop Books (Harlem, NY), a community-based reading program that creates child-friendly reading spaces in barbershops. Over the past 2 years, the program has transformed 49 barbershops into community spaces that support positive early reading experiences for boys in 18 cities across 11 states.
NBF and Director featured on CBS This Morning
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National Book Foundation executive director Lisa Lucas speaks with CBS This Morning's James Brown about her aim is to promote a love of reading and the importance of celebrating books and writers.
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The Foundation’s 2nd annual Why Reading Matters conference, June 15
Tickets Now Available!
Why Reading Matters: Building a New Audience on June 15 will be a full day of presentations focused on building a new audience for books. Why Reading Matters is designed to bring together educators, non-profit administrators, librarians, academics, publishing professionals, writers, and literary activists of all kinds to discover and share ways to welcome more readers into their community.
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