Monthly Themes
Activities in the National Year of Reading included the following themes:
• April: Read all about it! Links to newspapers and magazines; library membership campaign.
• May: Mind and Body. Reading and learning at work. The knock-on benefits of reading.
• June: Reading escapes. Holiday and summer reads.
• July: Rhythm and Rhyme. Poems, poetry and lyrics.
• August: Read the Game. The influence of sport and how this can help promote reading.
• September: You are what you read. Cultural, personal and local identity.
• October: Word of Mouth. Storytelling, reading out loud, reading together, reading aloud, live literature.
• November: Screen reads. Exploring the diversity of reading and writing; scripts, TV and films.
• December: Write the future. Writing, texting, blogging etc.
Read more about this topic: 2008 National Year Of Reading
Famous quotes containing the words monthly and/or themes:
“Romeo. Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow,
That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops—
Juliet. O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In economics, we borrowed from the Bourbons; in foreign policy, we drew on themes fashioned by the nomad warriors of the Eurasian steppes. In spiritual matters, we emulated the braying intolerance of our archenemies, the Shi’ite fundamentalists.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)