posted by Jennifer Gall, Librarian, Arbroath High School
World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books that takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give out hundreds of thousands of books in their communities to share their love of reading with people who don’t read regularly or own books.
Arbroath High School library successfully applied to be one of the volunteering institutions, with ‘Whispering Shadows’ by Jan-Philipp Sendker and ‘Too Good to be True’ by Ann Cleeves given away in the local community. These were just two in a selection of some fifteen titles recommended for distribution on World Book Night, covering a range of genres including crime, poetry, quick reads, non-fiction, historical fiction and fantasy. Some of Arbroath High’s books were given away to senior pupils, while some were distributed in the nearby sports centre to members of the public.
As well as the World Book Night volunteers, people are also encouraged to give their favourite book to someone in their community and special events are taking place at libraries, community centres, prisons, hospitals and schools around the UK on 23rd April, in this mass celebration of books and reading.
World Book Night is run by The Reading Agency. More information can be found at www.worldbooknight.org
Pictured with their gifted books are some fifth Year National 5 English pupils.
