Can we rescue reading? Do we need to?

Listen to esteemed, award-winning children’s author and NZSA President of Honour Fleur Beale’s 2026 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture where she discusses the poor reading statistics riddling our population and how we can play a part in boosting literacy levels.

In this podcast of the live event, Beale dives into research on the relationship between screen-use and reading, and offer possible solutions of how writers, readers and publishers can push back against the looming decline in literacy.

Recorded in September 2026 in association with Verb at the New Zealand National Library, The prestigious position of NZSA President of Honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa.

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