On Saturday, 5 March 2011, two days after World Book Day, the Small World shop was proud to take part in the first ever World Book Night when one million books were given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland.
The book give-away will comprise 40,000 copies of each of the 25 carefully selected titles, were given away by 20,000 ‘givers’, who each distributed 48 copies of their chosen title on World Book Night. The remaining books were distributed by World Book Night itself in places that might otherwise be difficult to reach, such as prisons and hospitals.
At our base in 9A Orchard Crescent, we gave away copies of David Mitchell's masterpiece "Cloud Atlas", had a glass or two of Fairtrade wine and listened to author Annemarie Allan read from her latest work in progress.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on World Book Night!
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