World Book Night 23 April 2018
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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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