Naomi Alderman's Couch to 5k for reading

Naomi Alderman spent a fantastic hour on the You and Yours programme yesterday, talking about her new idea (and trial of) a “Couch to 5k esque” plan to help get back in to reading, in the age of distraction.

I highly recommend taking a look at Naomi’s great introductory post:

First of all, this program, as I’m conceiving it today, is essentially intended for people who have great memories of reading enjoyably but have found that their brains have been sucked into social media and the smartphones. It feels like a long time since they were in a regular enjoyable life-sustaining reading habit. It’s not our fault. When we bought our first smartphone, we didn’t know that they were going to have this addictive or compulsive effect on us.