Indy Reads is a nonprofit literacy organization whose unusually creative outreach is transforming the lives of adults and families in Indianapolis’s lowest literate areas—and fueling a community determined to give back both on and off the page. Inside, trained volunteers offer one-on-one tutoring and barrier-breaking programming; outside, Indy Reads runs an independent bookstore, Indy Reads Books, in downtown Indianapolis that helps fund their initiatives. Now, they’re uniting local authors—like #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green—in a new cross-genre collection, Indy Writes Books: A Book Lover’s Anthology (Cardinal Publishers Group, $25.00 hardcover, July 1, 2015).
Indy Writes Books is an anthology of local Indiana authors who have helped Indy Reads’ independent bookstore grow and thrive, including John Green, Karen Kovacik, Dan Wakefield, Ben Winters, Will Shortz, and Cathy Day, and 23 additional powerhouse literary voices. All proceeds from Indy Writes Books support Indy Reads’ adult literacy programs in Central Indiana. The book features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and puzzles centered around bookstores and reading, and was funded by a grant from The Margot L. and Robert S. Eccles Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation.
Indy Reads Books is Indy Reads’ independent bookstore; the bookstore relies on donations of used books from the community, is staffed by volunteers, and donates all of its revenue to Indy Reads. It’s the only bookstore in downtown Indianapolis selling new and used books. They also host more than 250 cultural events annually, including author events, art exhibits, concerts, workshops, and lectures.
In addition to individualized tutoring, Indy Reads offers an inmate outreach program, neighborhood literacy labs, family workshops, library student outreach, and ESL and creative writing classes. They are the only organization in Indianapolis that is a partner of ProLiteracy Worldwide, the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world.
Indy Reads’ Executive Director and editor of the collection, M. Travis DiNicola says, “Indy Writes Books is a celebration of literacy, and a celebration of the amazing authors who are making Central Indiana a thriving literary community. This collection is for anyone who loves books and bookstores. Not only is it a great read, but every purchase helps support adults learning how to read.”
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Adult Literacy
It's estimated that one in five adults in central Indiana read at or below the sixth grade level. Learn more about our cause. http://www.indyreads.org/about/adult-literacy/
Learn more about the only organization in Indianapolis that is accredited through ProLiteracy Worldwide to provide literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. http://www.indyreads.org/about/indy-reads/
Indy Reads offers additional programs that promote and advance adult literacy in our community. Learn more. http://www.indyreads.org/about/indy-reads-programs/
Our independent bookstore is the only one in downtown Indianapolis. Selling new and used books, revenue goes directly to fund Indy Reads. http://www.indyreads.org/about/indy-reads-books/
Indy Reads relies mostly on volunteers, but we have a small and dedicated that makes it all work. Feel free to contact us today if you have any questions. http://www.indyreads.org/about/our-staff/
Indy Reads relies on our board of directors, representing a diverse cross-section of our community, to provide guidance in direction in our operations and outreach. http://www.indyreads.org/about/board-of-directors/
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