Thursday, December 14, 2017

World Book Night :: April 23

World Book Night 23 April 2018

World Book Night is a national celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April every year. Books are given out across the UK with a focus on reaching those who don’t regularly read, and are gifted through organisations including prisons, libraries, colleges, hospitals, care homes and homeless shelters, as well as by passionate individuals who give out their own books within their communities.

Reading for pleasure is a globally recognised indicator in a huge range of social issues from poverty to mental health, yet in England alone, 36% of people don’t regularly read (DCMS, 2015).

World Book Night brings together a powerful collaboration of national partners – publishers, printers, libraries, booksellers, private donors, trusts and foundations – to inspire more people to read. Volunteers within organisations, businesses and communities share their love of reading by giving out books to people who don’t read for pleasure or own books. Events up and down the country celebrate the difference that reading makes to people’s lives.

World Book Night falls on UNESCO’s International Day of the Book and the birth and death date of William Shakespeare.

Kith by Jo Bell (Nine Arches)
Our Summer Together by Fanny Blake (Orion)
Open by Gemma Cairney (Pan Macmillan)
Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole (Headline)
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey (Penguin)
After the Fire by Will Hill (Usborne)
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (Vintage)
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley (John Murray)
Gilded Cage by Vic James (Pan Macmillan)
The Beach Wedding by Dorothy Koomson (Cornerstone)
Satellite by Nick Lake (Hachette Children’s)
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart (Bonnier)
You Don’t Know Me by Imran Mahmood (Michael Joseph)
Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Cassava Republic)
My Everything by Katie Marsh (Hodder)
One of us is Lying by Karen M McManus (Penguin Random House Children’s)
At My Mother’s Knee by Paul O’Grady (Transworld)
The Recovery Letters, Olivia Sagan & James Withey (Eds.) (Jessica Kingsley)
The Detective’s Daughter by Lesley Thomson (Head of Zeus)
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal (Penguin)
What the Dog Knows by Cat Warren (Scribe)
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman (Piatkus)
Carry on Jeeves by PG Wodehouse (Cornerstone)

World Book Night is run by The Reading Agency, a national charity that inspires people to become confident and enthusiastic readers.  READ MORE >>

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