Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading rates

The Booker prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle, who edited All Around the World, called the compilation ‘an invitation to read’ Photograph: Brid O'Donovan/The Observer

An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end.

The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around the World, including works by the Booker prize winners Anne Enright, David Szalay and Booker prize nominee Nadifa Mohamed. The collection was curated by another former winner, Roddy Doyle.