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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lisa Strickland [mailto:Lisa.Strickland@alia.org.au]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 25 November 2011 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> alialteducators@lists.alia.org.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: National Year of Reading 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Educators,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the countdown beginning for the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 – we’d love it if you could share the below email with your students. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards, Robyn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">****************<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929">THE NATIONAL YEAR OF READING 2012 will see a whole heap of amazing, fun, reading activities taking place around Australia and online, so people of all ages, from different backgrounds,
can discover and rediscover the joy of reading.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929">If your parents read to you when you were very young; if you learnt to read at an early age; if you went to a good school, where reading for pleasure was encouraged, and if you were
inspired by the people around you to keep reading as a young adult, then the word on the page (or the screen) will be part of your DNA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929">But that’s not the case for 46% of the population. Nearly half the population struggles without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work. There
are 46% of Australians who can’t read newspapers; follow a recipe; make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929">Australian libraries and library associations are behind a campaign to turn 2012 into the National Year of Reading, linking together all the great things that are already happening
around books, reading and literacy, and giving them an extra boost, with inspirational programs and events taking place across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929">Libraries will be partnering with government, the media, writers, schools, publishers, booksellers, employers, child care providers, health professionals and a whole host of other
organisations that share our passion for reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929">The National Year of Reading 2012 will help Australians increase their reading confidence, literacy, IT literacy, vocabulary and general knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#292929">There will be adult stories available as ‘free reads’ for people who haven’t developed strong literacy skills and are keen to do so, but find themselves without age-appropriate reading matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#292929">Our message will be that it doesn’t matter what you read – romance and adventure are just as relevant as a classic novel. Everyone can start their reading journey with content that they find interesting
and engaging. It doesn’t have to be Shakespeare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#292929">The story can be in any format – books, e-books, novellas, magazines, screen games. And it doesn’t have to be a story. Non-fiction is fine too, and then there’s poetry, graphic novels, newspapers, song
lyrics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929">The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It’s about supporting reading initiatives while respecting
the oral tradition of storytelling. It’s about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it’s about Australians becoming a nation of readers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#292929">Be part of it<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929">The National Year of Reading 2012 is rapidly gathering momentum. It has already captured the imagination of the library and book world; we have developed major partnerships, and high
profile ambassadors have put their names to the initiative. The public launch of the National Year of Reading will be on Tuesday 14 February, 2012. The countdown has already begun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#292929">For more information, visit
<a href="http://www.love2read.org.au">www.love2read.org.au</a> or contact me on <a href="mailto:robyn@thelibraryagency.org.au">
robyn@thelibraryagency.org.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Robyn Ellard – Project Director</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Library Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">GPO Box 1551, Melbourne VIC 3001<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">M: 0412 659 919 E: <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:robyn@thelibraryagency.org.au">robyn@thelibraryagency.org.au</a></span></u><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T: 1300 313 443, F: 1300 323 448, W:
<a href="http://www.thelibraryagency.org.au">www.thelibraryagency.org.au</a> <o:p>
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