Thursday, February 25th is a new national day to celebrate reading. Why? Because taking some time for yourself to relax and do the things you enjoy (like reading) is important to help look after your mental well-being.
Irish libraries have teamed up with publishers, booksellers, authors and others for the campaign, which is part of the government’s Keep Well initiative and aims to celebrate reading and all the benefits it can have for well-being and enjoyment.
https://www.meath.ie/council/council-services/libraries
The campaign is asking everyone to ‘squeeze in a read’ on Ireland Reads Day, Thursday, February 25th. A new website www.irelandreads.ie has been set up where people can pledge to read on the day and see how much time has been pledged by the Irish public so far.
The website also offers book recommendations suited to a person’s interests and the time they have available. There are more than 800 recommendations from librarians all around the country. A website user can simply enter their favourite type of book and how long they would like to read each day and the website will offer the perfect book suggestion and work out how long it will take to complete – a couch to 5k for books!
Support the initiative by use the tag #squeezeinaread on social media and here are some more ideas….