The choices for the 2014 World Book Night, when publishers go a little mad and give away books for free, have now been made. Held on 23 April each year this event is now a firm fixture in booklovers’ calendars.
Anyone can apply to be book givers in their local areas and are then charged with the responsibility of receiving a delivery of loads of books and then handing them out on the night.
You can apply to be a book giver from 23 November 2013.
World Book Night has these stated aims:-
- To raise the profile of reading through a mass engagement project which works at a grass roots level to inspire those who don’t regularly read to do so
- To place books into the hands of those who don’t regularly read
- To raise the profile of reading for pleasure through a series of celebratory events
- To improve literacy in the UK and Ireland
- To bring communities together
Here are the books that will be given away, and remember that the authors waive their rights to royalties on these books given away for free and the publishers fund the printing costs.
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Four Warned by Jeffrey Archer
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
Short Stories by Roald Dahl
Confessions of a GP by Dr Benjamin Daniels
Hello Mum by Bernardine Evaristo
Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
Theodore Boon by John Grisham
The Humans by Matt Haig
The Perfect Murder by Peter James
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Today Everything Changes by Andy McNab
Geezer Girls by Dreda Say Mitchell
CHERUB: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Whatever it Takes by Adele Parks
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
The Boy with the Topknot by Sathnam Sanghera
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman
The event is also sponsored by a variety of charities and libraries across the UK, and Yodel who arrange the distribution.
More information about how it all works is on the World Book Night website.
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