Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading crisis

Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in bid to widen access to quality fiction An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end. The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around the World, including works by the Booker prize winners Anne Enright, David Szalay and International...

By Yassin El-Moudden