WHO: From
Kodiak, Alaska, to Key West, Florida, in 6,000 towns and cities across America,
volunteers will give away half a million free books on one day: April 23, 2012.
Come meet those volunteers and hear the stories of where they will be
distributing their books — as varied and colorful as the people themselves, and
as engaging as their book choices.
WHAT: World
Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give away half a million free,
specially printed books across America. Volunteer book lovers will help promote
reading by going into their communities and distributing free copies of a book
they enjoy to new or light readers, reaching them especially in underserved
places – and even some fun spots. Volunteers from your area will be picking up
the books they selected to share in locations as diverse as VA hospitals,
nursing homes, prisons, ballparks, mass transit, diners, and more.
We are proud to be a community partner for
the first World Book Night in the U.S., following the impressive launch of this
campaign by our bookstore, library, author, and publisher colleagues in the UK
and Ireland last year.
We will be hosting activities the week
before World Book Night, in preparation for the givers going out into the
community on April 23.
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