{"id":1226,"date":"2016-04-22T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2016-04-22T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T07:18:11","slug":"world-book-night-23-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2016\/04\/22\/world-book-night-23-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"World Book Night – 23 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

posted by Jennifer Gall, Librarian, Arbroath High School
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\nWorld 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\u2019t read regularly or own books.<\/p>\n

Arbroath High School library successfully applied to be one of the volunteering institutions, with \u2018Whispering Shadows\u2019 by Jan-Philipp Sendker and \u2018Too Good to be True\u2019 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\u2019s books were given away to senior pupils, while some were distributed in the nearby sports centre to members of the public.<\/p>\n

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<\/sup> April, in this mass celebration of books and reading.<\/p>\n

World Book Night is run by The Reading Agency. More information can be found at www.worldbooknight.org<\/p>\n

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Pictured with their gifted books are some fifth Year National 5 English pupils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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