1. Sound Lounge Explore the links between reading, writing and music

2. Can you think of any links between music and writing? Consider: Tone, mood & atmosphere The writer / musician The act of writing / making & performing music

4. Choose your hack Hack: an activity with reading at its heart

5. Novel Soundtracks Create a soundtrack for a book that captures the mood, atmosphere and story

6. Lyric Speak Become a lyric artist and make a playlist of your own recordings inspired by a story.

7. Turn a Book into a Song Get composing and turn a book into a song

8. Crisis and Creation a Fan Fiction hack How do musicians write their greatest works? Choose a musician or band. Then choose one of their best songs. Write a short piece of fan fiction imagining the moment of crisis that led this musician or artist to write the song. There’s one rule - don’t name the song in your story!

9. Sound Lounge Listen Write Share Free write while listening to music. Do it with a friend or in a group to create a sound lounge. How do the same pieces of music influence everyone’s writing?

10. Hacked reading? Share on www.readinghack.org.uk (available in November)www.readinghack.org.uk Tweet us your hack @readinghackers #HackReading Email us readinghack@readingagency.org.uk