Links & further reading
The games, the research we draw on, and organisations working on the same problem.
All games run in browsers but, so far, not on mobiles. So you'll need your laptop or desktop, but there's nothing to install, and nothing to sign up for if you want to play around.
Grammatical terminology, at speed. Currently hosted on its own site.
The work on this site is based on published research. You can find the main sources here, and see what sense we made on them in our mission & positioning statement.
The 2025 and 2026 surveys behind our reading-enjoyment and daily-reading figures.
The report naming screen use as a major factor in the decline of children's reading.
Impacts of screen time on education and wellbeing, including smartphone-use patterns consistent with behavioural addiction.
Deep reading, skimming, and what the digital world does to the reading brain.
Two decades of research on contextual diversity: why rich encounters build words, and why breadth is not precision.
How the nature of a writing system shapes the brain's solution for reading: the science under the Toolkit.
The replicated finding: we comprehend and retain less from screens than from paper.
Adult literacy trends and international reading assessment, including PISA for Schools (2026).
Organisations and events in the same conversation.
The UK's literacy charity, and home of the National Year of Reading 2026.
The children's code our no-runtime-AI architecture is built to sit squarely within.
Teachers, parents, tutors, researchers, potential partners. We'll read everything. Write to hello@phatiks.com, or reach the founder directly at mark@phatiks.com.