Across the board, Australians are reading less than ever before, with young men reading the least and older women reading the most.
The trend is reinforced from a young age, with parents more likely to read to their daughters than sons.
Australia Reads, a book industry initiative, is calling for a national strategy that reminds people of the fun and comfort that reading can bring.
If you’re into sci-fi, how much have you gone through the classics? Most are novel length so don’t require a huge commitment (I too struggle with long books).
A bit but having googled ‘sci fi classic authors’ I can see many more I haven’t picked up. I’ve been trying to catch up/keep up by listening to audiobooks but even then I find myself lacking time. At this moment It’s Revelation Space. I bet if we had a much shorter working week reads rates would skyrocket.
Loved revelation space, but yeah long read.
Arthur C Clarke and Asimov both wrote loads of good novel length SciFi so I’d start there if you haven’t gotten into them.