About

Reading Detectives is managed by The Reading Agency as part of the Made in England project. Reading Detective Teams, working from their local library in Cumbria, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Lancashire and Kent, are on a mission to find undiscovered and forgotten writers writing about the local area and the people who live there. Each Team will be blogging and mapping their finds to celebrate and promote to others the writers they have found. There'll also be displays of each Team's finds and events in their local libraries.

The Reading Agency

Reading Detectives is managed by The Reading Agency - a charity whose mission is to get more people reading more.

Made in England

Made in England is a collaboration between Arts Council England and BBC English Regions which explores the relationship between the landscape and the artist from a diverse range of artistic perspectives across BBC TV, radio and online. Since its launch in April 2008, Made in England has been building a range of projects involving local radio stations, artists and arts organisations and members of the public across the country, which aim to be as rich in diversity as they are strong in creativity.

Arts Council England

Arts Council England recognises the value of broadcast and digital platforms for achieving its ambition to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people's lives.

As the national development agency for the arts, we support a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, and carnival to crafts.

Great art inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves, and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2008 and 2011, we will invest £1.3 billion of public money from government and a further £0.3 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.

Help the team

Have you got something to contribute? You can contact us to report your clues and you can comment on our blog posts. It doesn't matter where in the world you are!