Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life

In Forged by Reading, Beers and Probstreflect on the role of reading in a democratic society. It is a bookthat helps us to understand why creating independent readersand writers is critical to the health of our world.Beers and Probst argue that reading and writing are the toolsof literacy. This is critical because the history of literacy haslargely been about the suppression of that power and privilege.Written in 2020 againstthe backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floydand the ensuing emergence of the anti-racism protests, this isa book about literacy and the opportunity for change it offersto our society. This book examines the inequalities of our worldthrough the lens of literacy.Rachel Clarke, IndependentReading Consultant