The more you read, the more you know. Reading helps you connect, think, judge, decide and contribute. If you read, everything is within your reach.

2008 is a National Year of Reading. It will be a celebration of reading to help you live life to the full, to learn or just for fun and relaxation.

Key 103 wants to work with Public Libraries to help spread the word about the year. We will be working together to find new ways for you to join in with the year’s events and activities. We hope that as many people as possible will visit their free public library this year to find something to read and that could be a computer screen or a magazine, as well as a book.

Be Manchester's newest author..... Have your work published for anyone to read! We want you to submit your short stories, poems, thoughts and experiences. Whether you write something of your own or do this as a School class we want to read your entries.

Just click 'Add Your Story' below and complete the form to be in with the chance of getting your entry published. Please note there is a maximum word limit of 750!