LIBRARY-goers across Warwickshire are being encouraged to read about what they love most in 2026.
Whether people enjoy music, sport, fashion or food, there’s one thing that can take them deeper into what they are passionate about – reading. That’s the philosophy behind Warwickshire Libraries’ support for the National Year of Reading 2026, a nationwide campaign with the rallying cry ‘Go All In.’
The goal is to reignite reading for pleasure across the UK by meeting people where their passions already live.
The National Year of Reading, headed up by the National Literacy Trust and sponsored by the Department for Education, operates on a simple but powerful idea: “If you’re into it, read into it.”
Schools across Warwickshire will also benefit from the National Literacy Trust’s flexible, year-long programme featuring professional development and unmissable events for children and young people.
The full programme is still developing, with dates and venues to be confirmed soon.
Warwickshire County Council’s customer spokesperson Coun Mike Bannister said: “Reading is key to so much development at all ages. It stimulates imagination much more effectively than watching films or television and, in turn, encourages the mind to be creative and to problem solve.”
Warwickshire Libraries has also set bold targets for this year, including a five per cent increase in library registrations, more children completing the annual Summer Reading Challenge, and expanded uptake of the popular county read-along Book Bingo across all ages.
For book lovers of all ages, Warwickshire Libraries will host monthly free author events featuring everyone from debut novelist Karen Storey to international bestsellers Lee Child, Rosie Goodwin, Sophie Hannah and Sue Moorcroft. Genres span crime, romance, horror and more.
The annual read-along Adult Book Bingo is set to be popular in 2026, which saw more than 800 readers follow 12 book themes in 2025.
Coun Bannister added: “We intend to bring about a significant, achievable increase in library attendance and use that as a building block so that reading becomes an integral part of the development of many more of our residents in the years ahead.”
Visit library.warwickshire.gov.uk/-/go-all-in-with-the-national-year-of-reading-2026 for more details.
