Building A Reading For Pleasure Culture

Name: Building A Reading For Pleasure Culture
Start: 2026-01-22T15:45:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-22T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Tiverton Library

Schedule

Thu Jan 22 2026 at 03:45 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Tiverton Library | Tiverton, EN

A twilight session for teachers from Tiverton Reads Together partner schools. Delivered by Dora Allen, of the School Literacy Network.
About this Event

Building A Reading For Pleasure Culture

Teachers from partner primary schools are invited to attend this twilight session funded by the Tiverton Reads Together Project (TReaT). The session will be delivered by experienced practitioner and manager of the School Literacy Network, Dora Allen.

The aims of the session are:

To understand the current practices across school around reading for pleasure
To increase staff and pupil knowledge of great texts and authors
To increase community engagement with reading
To increase the number of shared texts in common and conversations about reading for pleasure
To identify the next steps in what to prioritise in the short and long term for continuing to build a love of reading.

Venue

The training will be hosted by Tiverton Library, please report to the staff desk on arrival.