A peek into Canadians' reading

About this episode

The episode discusses highlights from the upcoming Canadian Leisure & Reading Study 2025 and examines recent reading trends in Canada.

Listen in as we give you some of the highlights from our forthcoming report, Canadian Leisure & Reading Study 2025, releasing May 5. We also see if some recent reading trends that have made headlines are true for Canadians. We’ve even included some data we didn’t get to use in the study. Further reading/listening - Study Finds 20-Year Drop in Reading for Pleasure: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98435-study-finds-20-year-drop-in-reading-for-pleasure.html - Is reading your favourite hobby? A new era of book clubs is reshaping how we read: https://theconversation.com/is-reading-your-favourite-hobby-a-new-era-of-book-clubs-is-reshaping-how-we-read-274406 BookNet Canada Newsletter sign up: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/newsletter-sign-up

People in this episode

Host: BookNet Canada

Topics covered

• reading trends
• Canadian reading habits
• book clubs
• leisure activities
• reading studies

Keywords

• reading
• Canada
• book clubs
• leisure
• reading study
• trends
• 2025

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Leisure & Reading Study 2025, Study Finds, The Conversation

Books & works: 20-Year Drop in Reading for Pleasure, Is reading your favourite hobby? A new era of book clubs is reshaping how we read

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