National Year of Reading Event at the National Library

At the National Library in Canberra, the Governor-General marked the end of the National Year of Reading.

Ms Bryce was joined at the event by the Minister for the Arts, the Hon. Simon Crean MP, the Director-General of the NLA, Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, representatives from State Libraries, authors and supporters of the year-long initiative that aimed to promote a reading culture in every home and set a goal for families and carers to share books with children every day.

Due to the success of the year, the initiative will continue after 2012 as ‘Love2Read’.