This page is for brainstorming ideas for 2012 the national year of reading.

Just keep adding ideas - use different colours to clarify or to build on someone else's ideas. There will be a further exploration of some of these ideas at the next readers advisory meeting (information about this will be in the minutes which will be out soon).

If you have run any of these programs, please add in extra information.

Many of these ideas are from the February meeting in Nowra

Ideas for further discussion

• Contact NYR re flickr group
• Every child born given book
• One country one book all of these ideas to be referred to NYR
  

• Photo competition – reading – ‘wherever’
• Flashmob book readings (see flashmob reading, Seattle Public Library, Central Station Antwerp)
• Reading festival
• Local people reading pictures
• Similar to outdoor cinemas – listen to an audio (talking book) broadcast in a public place eg park or could use actual reader
• Shopping centre/mall and liaisons/visits
• Soapbox readers – how to get everyone interested (not just existing library patrons)
• Stories in the streets – take reading out of the library
• Toilet door reading
• Adult reading challenges
• Some form of newsletter that can be digital and hard copy
• Bus shelter advertising
• Sleepover at the library
• Be a liaison point for people who want to join a book club
  

BINGO

Read an ebook	Read a fantasy	Read a crime
Listen to an audio book	Use the catalogue	Read a romance
Read a non-fiction	Read a magazine	Use an internet computer
Watch a DVD	Read a mystery	Read a historical novel

And some more ideas

• reading local histories - what are your favourite local studies reads
• reading and running - what are the best audio books to run to
• even at the local hotel - books and beer - featuring reading of books (non-fiction, fiction, poetry) involving hotels and beer - could be a tie in with bush poetry as well
• out to tea - reading afternoon tea - novels and non-fiction about tea habits
• see ideas for 2011
• town/suburb wide 'drop everything and read"
• reading events in local shops (think butchers, bread shop, .....)
• reading on the move - reading and mobile devices (surely by 2012 there will be so many more kinds of ereaders!)
• booklist of picturebooks celebrating reading and libraries
• Encouraging people to find out more about what they were reading about (fiction and non-fiction)
• The story behind the story, finding the facts
  
• Finding out about controversies in the stories
• The foods, crafts, locations behind the stories
  
• Trivia questions for events
• Library/lovers picnic
• Daily reading books – full of 1st chapter of books – different genres
• This has already done by a library but would be good Australia-wide. Get beer coasters printed with trivia questions and answers at Library
• Oration = public = publish = public storytime
• Actors/theatre presentation of feature book/play
• Movie bookgroups
• Youth challenge national reading competition – internet based
• How to create a book group information sessions
• Writer in residence literacy program for 6-10 year olds
• Lobby government for a book voucher for all Australians for National Year of Reading
• Online youth reading group (schools and libraries collaborating)
• Reading club for adults bring out competition price ffor person who’s read the most in a year – kindle
• Author talks @ library or genre talk
• Summer reading club for adults
• Meet a reader – bring in a blogger – bring in a reviewer
• RRIC – random reading in the community “soapbox”
• More involvement junior/YA book reading
• Bookweek parade – community involvement
• National competition – council-based. Reading challenge across Australia
• SRC for everyone (not just children)
• Display of books on subjects that are both fiction and non-fiction
• Food and reading (beer and books?)
• Flickr group – Australia reads….. and pics of favourite places to read (you can see a sample group for this here)
  
• Promotion of specific collection
• Storytime for seniors
• Readers advice sessions
• For adults : revisit your childhood and re-read old favourites and then read from that age but modern equivalents
• Adult storytimes
• Readers advice workshops. Introduction to RA a course
• Mothers groups talk - eg leapfrog on reading to toddlers
• Reader in residence
• Sydney/national books – read over winter/summer
• Every library in Australia should take a photo of their staff inside or in front of library and submit to a flickr group – profile raising
• Visual installations
• Bookmarks with lists of books of short stories
• Reading Pictures/Art (with local artists group)
• Graphic novels – demystify and promote
• More genre bookmarks to hand or handouts for the public
• Street banners with your council of readers portraits with their books
• Specialist library readers
• Read to Me – events where staff/volunteers/patrons read aloud in library/shopping centres/schools
• Recommended reads displays (by library members) and easy’s eg. Premier readers challenge
• Reading traffic signs
• TV advertising eg. Tuesday book club, TV reading – through Uni of Western Sydney
• Literacy workshops
• Book/story busking
• Read-it-on. Shared reading experiences – one chapter at a time
• Booklet handout so they can fill out look at what people read at end of year stats (or could be online)
• Serialised books emailed weekly
• Look at getting e-books for remote patrons who can’t visit library or mobile library
• Flashmob readers. Recruit dance groups/musicians (see flashmob reading, Seattle Public Library, Central Station Antwerp)
  
• Bookmarks with list of magazines held by library that have interesting articles of a general nature eg. Time magazine, National Geographic, Readers Digest
• Top 10 favourite non-book reading opportunities. Just to explore different ways people absorb information/entertain ourselves. eg back of cereal box
• Bookweek tickertape parade . Fancy dress like school parade
• Books at the station. Discarded library books on train station or books on street
• Weekly themes rotating through collection
• Customer recommendation poster – add to frequently – stickers etc
• Recommendations on shelves from staff and patrons of items
• Dual focus 1. literacy, 2. literate
• Donate book to traveller from libraries
• Author or famous Australians promotion of reading at national level
• Library Lovers Day launch of NYR with high profile sports stars etc
• Increased communication staff to patrons; patrons to staff
• Shopping centres. Council offices. School sports. Add library visits
• Mentoring reluctant youth – who might be tricked in via comparisons between ‘bad’ sensationalism and ‘well-written’ ditto
• Read around world map on wall – google maps – Australia wide
• All staff to have better RA skills
• Book trail within library using on floor promotions
• Library sleepover
• Volunteer to be a personal ‘book reader’ for housebound borrowers/sight impaired
• Normalise reading
• Reader’s theatre
• Reading out loud groups – plays/whatever
• 2 focus 1. literacy, 2 literary/reading for literate population
• Information to/for doctor’s surgeries
• Bi-lingual/multilingual book reading – inc AUSLAN
• Reading around the world. Map on wall with pins for settings of books
• Introduce downloading books on MP4 etc. ipads including interactive
• Read the one book – each chapter in a different language
• Match house-bound to volunteer
• Get recommendations on purchases from community groups eg. Youth groups, health centres
• Silent reading
• Community writes progressive book (one chapter/paragraph) could focus on schools/community groups
• Reading around the world. Map with pins for where book was writte
• Art competition based on books
• Books with local content eg Barretts Mystry Bay Blues Woods Walking with Sting Rays for Narooma
• Special interest groups ie genres, travel, cultural etc
• How do we let people know about 1. libraries, 2. National Year of Reading – outside the library
• Tell a story - add to the sentence. Print results in local paper
• Author visits, at all levels
• Author talks. Big name authors – children and adults