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Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading crisis

The Guardian · Jun 9, 2026, 7:00 AM

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Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in bid to widen access to quality fiction. An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end.The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around the World, including works by the Booker prize winners Anne Enright, David Szalay and International Booker prize nominee Nadifa Mohamed. The collection was curated by another former winner, Roddy Doyle. Continue reading...

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