World Book Night

New Year Resolutions

4 January 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

I’ve had a little bit of break from the website for a couple of weeks, I had lots of plans for articles to write and publish over Christmas and New Year but work, family visits and festivities all conspired to get in the way…

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World Book Night 2012

25 October 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

World Book Night is an opportunity for those of us who love books to share our passion with those who may not be such big reading fans. In just one night 1 million books are distributed by over 20,000 ‘givers’ – a great celebration of adult literature..

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#BookTwub Launches

14 September 2011 by Louise 2 Comments

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Thu 29 Sept – 8pm

I’m announcing today the launch of a Book Club which will meet via Twitter. I’m also pleased to announce that the first book will be The Book Thief by Markus Zusak….

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