Celebrities share their literacy stories
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live's Word Matters project is a special season of programmes and events looking at adult literacy.
It’s estimated that nine million adults in the UK find doing things like filling out forms, writing birthday cards or reading bedtime stories a real challenge.
5 Live spoke to celebrities about their stories around reading and writing.
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'If you don't get your confidence from somewhere else, it's tricky'
Author and reality TV star Jamie Laing speaks openly about his dyslexia and how it affected him at school.
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'It's a form of meditation'
Celebrities say why reading makes them feel good.
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Dyslexia: 'I don't see it as being a problem'
Singer Tom Grennan talks about how having dyslexia affected him at school.
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Mo Gilligan: 'Your dyslexia is not your downfall'
Dyslexic comedian Mo Gilligan says he didn't think writing a book was a possibility.
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Shaun Ryder: 'It explained why I couldn’t learn like other people'
Shaun Ryder says he has always struggled to read, learning the alphabet in his late twenties.
