The Reading Agency is a charity registered in England and Wales[1] which promotes the benefits of reading among children and adults in UK, working with partners including public libraries, colleges and prisons.
[3] The Reading Agency is based out of The Society of Authors building in Holborn, London and describes its mission as "to tackle life's big challenges through the proven power of reading " like life skills and learning, health and wellbeing and isolation and loneliness.
It works with well-known authors and publishers to create short books called Quick Reads which are then sold in bookshops and used in libraries, prisons, hospitals, colleges and adult-learning organisations.
Quick Reads is embedded in the organisation's adult literacy programme, Reading Ahead, which runs in public libraries, prisons, adult learning organisations, colleges, trade unions and workplaces across the UK.
In 2018, 97% of participating organisations rated their experience of taking part in World Book Night as Excellent or Good.