World Book Night Update

A couple of months back I applied to be a giver on World Book Night. I have had an email to let me know that I have been selected! I will be giving away The Remains Of The Day By Kazou Ishiguro at my local train station. Hopefully someone will want a copy.

It was one of my favourite reads of last year, and I am hoping I can pass on some of that literary joy to my fellow commuters. Either that or they will think I am raving mad and hide behind their laptops in disgust....

World Book Night 2012

World Book Night is on 23rd April 2012 after a successful launch last year. The aim is to promote reading and books through recommendation. The organising commitee are looking for 25,000 volunteers, each of whom will be given 24 books to give away to people they think would benefit from them.

I heard about last year very late, so didn't apply to be a giver, but I did watch the coverage on the BBC on the night, which was very good. So, this year I have applied to give away some books, it would be lovely to be selected. I will have to think where I would give them away though. I did hear last year that some people found it hard to convince others that they were giving away free books without a catch!

The list of books is very varied, and I have read quite a few of them. Which would you go for?