This is the introductory video to OURfP and World Book Day's series of four subsequent webinars: 'Overcoming Barriers to Reading for Pleasure'. In this series: Introduction to 'Overcoming Barriers to Reading for Pleasure' Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ErCpOr322k Episode 1: 'Readers Don't Always See Genuine Role Models': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAiWzU_yEeI Episode 2: ‘Readers Don’t Always Feel Confident Sharing Their Thoughts About Books’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZ6iNBNn5Y Episode 3: Coming soon in May. Episode 4: Coming soon in June. Visit the Open University's Reading for Pleasure (OURfP) Website: https://ourfp.org/ Download the Reading and Writing for Pleasure Framework and other OURfP research: https://ourfp.org/publications Visit World Book Day's website: https://www.worldbookday.com/about-us... World Book Day and the Reading for Pleasure team at The Open University have been working in partnership for several years to connect research and practice with the World Book Day campaign. This year we are looking to focus on the development of children’s reading identities and the very particular influence the reading identity of teachers has on this. OU research indicates strong relationship between teachers and children’s reader identities (Cremin et al., 2022). Each episode in this series will explore a different barrier to reading for pleasure that children have reported and considers some solutions, as Reading Teachers. We hope this series will stimulate discussion and reflection amongst those interested in fostering a genuine reading for pleasure community.