Anthony Horowitz ‘hopes spike in reading will last beyond the lockdown’
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breakingnews.ieAnthony Horowitz has said he hopes one of the lasting impacts of the coronavirus lockdown is that people will continue to read more once restrictions are lifted.
He made the comments after new research by The Reading Agency suggested that nearly half (45%) of 18 to 24-year-olds have been reading more since the lockdown began, as well as one in three adults.
The research was published ahead of World Book Night on Thursday evening. The author, who created the Alex Rider series of novels for young people, said he was “not at all surprised” by the findings.
He told the PA news agency: “I think that a lot of things might get better as a result of the situation that we are in now. “Maybe one of those things is that children will rediscover the
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