Theme For Reading Month 2025

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Every March, I find myself getting a little giddy, and no, it is not just because spring is finally on its way. It is Reading Month, and 2025 feels like one of those years where the theme could not be more relevant to what is happening around us. I have spent the past few weeks dipping in and out of different books, chatting with teachers and librarians, and thinking about what this annual celebration really means. For me, Reading Month has never been about ticking off a list of titles. It is about rediscovering the quiet joy of getting lost in a story, and this year, I have noticed something wonderful: the emphasis on connection. Connection between readers, between cultures, and between ideas that might otherwise never meet.

Books as Bridges: A Globalisation Analogy That Stuck With Me

There is a lovely analogy about globalisation that I came across recently, and it has genuinely changed how I think about reading. Just as globalisation weaves economies, cultures and communities together, books weave minds together across borders and generations. When I pick up a novel translated from Japanese, or a memoir written by someone who grew up thousands of miles from my little corner of Britain, I am participating in my own kind of exchange. No passport required, no jet lag, just pages. I reckon that is exactly the spirit behind the 2025 theme: reading as a bridge,