• Join now
  • Log In
RSL on FacebookRSL on TwitterRSL on InstagramRSL on YouTubeSubscribe
The Royal Society of Literature
  • About us
    • What we do
    • Council
    • Staff
    • Jobs
  • Join & support
    • Digital Events Pass
    • Membership
    • 1820 Club
    • Become a Patron
    • Literature Matters Supporters’ Circle
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • A legacy to Literature
    • Volunteer
    • Thank You
  • What’s on
  • Library
    • RSL Review Magazine
    • Research
    • The Literature Matters Hub
  • RSL Fellows
    • Fellows
    • RSL Open
    • 40 Under 40
    • Honorary Fellows
    • Fellowship Election
    • Fellows Remembered
    • Fellows’ Reading Group Recommendations
  • Outreach
    • History is in the Making Anthology
    • Reading Together Hub
  • Awards & Prizes
    • Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards
    • RSL International Writers
    • RSL Christopher Bland Prize
    • RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction
    • RSL Literature Matters Awards
    • RSL Ondaatje Prize
    • V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
    • The Encore Award
      • The Nation’s Favourite Second Novel
    • Companions of Literature
    • The Benson Medal
  • News
  • Contact

MENU

  • About us
    • What we do
    • Council
    • Staff
    • Jobs
  • Join & support
    • Digital Events Pass
    • Membership
    • 1820 Club
    • Become a Patron
    • Literature Matters Supporters’ Circle
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • A legacy to Literature
    • Volunteer
    • Thank You
  • What’s on
  • Library
    • RSL Review Magazine
    • Research
    • The Literature Matters Hub
  • RSL Fellows
    • Fellows
    • RSL Open
    • 40 Under 40
    • Honorary Fellows
    • Fellowship Election
    • Fellows Remembered
    • Fellows’ Reading Group Recommendations
  • Outreach
    • History is in the Making Anthology
    • Reading Together Hub
  • Awards & Prizes
    • Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards
    • RSL International Writers
    • RSL Christopher Bland Prize
    • RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction
    • RSL Literature Matters Awards
    • RSL Ondaatje Prize
    • V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
    • The Encore Award
      • The Nation’s Favourite Second Novel
    • Companions of Literature
    • The Benson Medal
  • News
  • Contact
  • Join now
  • Log In
Home > The Literature Matters Hub > whyreadingmatters

The Literature Matters Hub

Hub post theme: whyreadingmatters

Search the Hub
How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

Contributed by: Giulia Pelosi
Published: 04/04/2018
Article
Themes: whyreadingmatters

By Giulia Pelosi, Worldreader Gender Specialist

Literature Matters: The democracy of reading

Contributed by: Philip Pullman
Published: 26/02/2018
Audio
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters, whyreadingmatters

For the second of our Literature Matters event RSL Vice President Philip Pullman discusses the importance of reading.
Explore our Hub
Explore by theme
YoungWriter whywritingmatters whyreadingmatters whyLiteratureMatters T. S. Eliot Shakespeare RSLVolunteer RSLFellow RSL Literature Matters Award poetry poem Jane Austen education Classic Literature
Explore by contributor
Vincent Otterbeck Victoria Cleland Tracy Chevalier The Royal Society of Literature Sophie Crabtree Safeerah Mughal Robert Fraser Philip Pullman Pascale Petit Michel Morpurgo Michael Rosen Matt Bryden Marina Warner Kamila Shamsie Jonathan Coe Jennifer Obidike Hari Kunzru Gyan Shrivastava Grahame Davies Giulia Pelosi Elena Oderstone Caleb Femi Anna Trench Alycia Pirmohamed A. L. Kennedy
Explore by category
Talk Short story Research Poetry Interview Graphic Fiction Comment Audio Article

Support

Support

The Royal Society of Literature is a registered charity and receives no government funding. Discover how to donate and sponsor the RSL.

Join the RSL Mailing List

Sign up to our monthly e newsletter to find out about forthcoming RSL events and news and information from other literary organisations.

Sign up now

News & Updates

  • History is in the Making – Competition and Anthology
    History is in the Making – Competition and Anthology

    18/01/2023

    To celebrate our bicentenary, 20 current RSL Fellows have contributed to a brand new anthology that …

  • 2022’s RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction announced
    2022’s RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction announced

    15/12/2022

    Established in 2017, the RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards support writers on their first commissioned works …

  • 2022’s RSL Literature Matters Awards announced
    2022’s RSL Literature Matters Awards announced

    13/12/2022

    Now in their fifth year, the RSL Literature Matters Awards aim to enable literary excellence and inn …

  • Second group of RSL International Writers announced
    Second group of RSL International Writers announced

    30/11/2022

    As part of the ongoing RSL 200 festival, we are delighted to announce a new group of 12 Internationa …

Read all news

RSL on Twitter

Tweets by RSLiterature Join the conversation
  • Terms & conditions
  • Privacy Policy

The Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA. Tel 020 7845 4678. Registered Charity No. 213-962

WEBSITE BY BOOKSWARM