As our communities wrestle with loneliness, pleasure reading and the libraries that sustain it offers an affordable path to ...

We’re familiar with the many benefits of reading aloud to children, but is reading aloud also beneficial for adults? In addition to building closer bonds with loved ones, research has revealed that ...

Why adults should read aloud to one another, and a few recommendations to get you started. By Jancee Dunn A few years ago, my youngest sister, Heather, had a monthlong stretch of migraines. She ...

When I was a child, my mother sat on my bed and read three books to me every night, so it would have been natural for me to sit on her bed and read to her during her final days. COVID-19 prevented ...

As a paediatrician, I regularly advise parents on sleep routines, nutrition and vaccines. But one of the most important — and sometimes unexpected — recommendations I make is to read aloud to children ...

Pulling up to The Henson, a boutique hotel in the Catskills, it hit me what I was about to do: spend 48 hours with 14 strangers reading a book out loud. I’ve dreaded reading aloud since my elementary ...

University of South Australia provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. If you were going through cancer treatment, wouldn’t you want to escape your reality for a while? Reading a story can ...