14 May 2018
Author Jojo Moyes has pledged to save Quick Reads from closure by funding the adult literacy programme for the next three years.
The Me Before You (Michael Joseph) author offered to provide the costs of running the scheme after reading about its struggle to secure the £120,000-a-year needed to continue in The Bookseller last month. The money will ensure the campaign will be rescued from closure, and that coordinators The Reading Agency can commission another series of short and accessible titles from famous authors in 2020.
The author revealed she was was "completely dumbfounded" on learning of the scheme's closure and is believed to have donated around £360,000 to help it continue.
