{"id":3398,"date":"2026-04-17T09:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:58:57","slug":"new-article-posted-in-the-conversation-by-dr-pozzulo-entitled-is-reading-your-favourite-hobby-a-new-era-of-book-clubs-is-reshaping-how-we-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2026\/new-article-posted-in-the-conversation-by-dr-pozzulo-entitled-is-reading-your-favourite-hobby-a-new-era-of-book-clubs-is-reshaping-how-we-read\/","title":{"rendered":"New article posted in The Conversation by Dr. Pozzulo entitled, &#8220;Is reading your favourite hobby? A new era of book clubs is reshaping how we read&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        New article posted in The Conversation by Dr. Pozzulo entitled, &#8220;Is reading your favourite hobby? A new era of book clubs is reshaping how we read&#8221;\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Reading is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/culture-life\/books\/gen-z-reading-book-club-booktok\">experiencing a resurgence among Gen Z and millennials<\/a>, many of whom are actively seeking alternatives to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcpress.mayoclinic.org\/mental-health\/doom-scrolling-and-mental-health\/\">\u201cdoomscrolling\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and the mental fatigue associated with constant social media use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In North America, an estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsrated.com\/how-many-books-does-the-average-person-read\">57 to 61 per cent of Gen Z and millennials identify as readers<\/a>, averaging 3.5 to 4.5 books per year, with a preference for physical books. Younger readers are also more likely to purchase books in a bookstore and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/2024\/2\/24\/24081063\/libraries-gen-z-millennials-books-reading\/\">be active library users<\/a>, which is notable in an era dominated by digital media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-reading-your-favourite-hobby-a-new-era-of-book-clubs-is-reshaping-how-we-read-274406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to continue reading the article!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is&nbsp;experiencing a resurgence among Gen Z and millennials, many of whom are actively seeking alternatives to&nbsp;\u201cdoomscrolling\u201d&nbsp;and the mental fatigue associated with constant social media use. In North America, an estimated&nbsp;57 to 61 per cent of Gen Z and millennials identify as readers, averaging 3.5 to 4.5 books per year, with a preference for physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3400,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3398\/revisions\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}