Oliver James manifested writing his first book before learning how to read as an adult through TikTok

Oliver James went viral on TikTok for learning to read as an adult, and now he’s telling his story in ...

He was 32 and illiterate. TikTok rallied to help him learn to read.

Oliver James was 32 when he admitted to TikTok followers he couldn't read. In a new memoir, he chronicles his journey from illiterate to booklover.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

X Prize Launches $7 Million Contest to Find Ways to Teach More Adults to Read

The XPrize Foundation announced today that it is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to create the Adult Literacy XPrize, which ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life—supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness ...