Trying to read more? Your brain will thank you

Reading is good for you, but fiction has added benefits.

So how does reading work in the brain? Why are stories so impactful?

And why, in this era of book clubs and booktok, are literacy rates not thriving?

Get your votes in for Radio National's Top 100 Books Countdown before October 1st.

Guests:

Professor Genevieve McArthur

Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, ACU

Director of Research Translation, Dyslexia SPELD Foundation

Dr Lili Yu

Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

Macquarie University Centre for Reading

Dr Raymond Mar