Wath Library supports World Book Night

Next Thursday, March 3, Wath Library is taking part in World Book Night 2011, a national initiative that  will see one million free books given away by 20,000 passionate readers to other members of the public across the UK and Ireland.

Two days before World Book Night itself, members of the public in Wath will have the opportunity to take part in the special event at Wath library when there will be quizzes, prizes, a 'Juke Books Jury' as well as staff hoping to give away more than 150 free books donated by World Book Night. 

The event will run from 7.30 to 9.30 pm and tickets will cost £1, including refreshments, and are available from Wath Library on 01709 873542.

Reader Development Librarian Julie Hird, said: "It's great that we in Rotherham Libraries are doing our bit to be part of this fantastic scheme to celebrate books and reading.  If it's anything like the events we have held over the past year, we should be in for a great evening!"

The final selection of World Book Night titles offers a wide array of outstanding books encompassing all types of fiction be it historical, literary, crime and commercial as well as poetry, memoir and young adult. Whether a huge bestseller, a prize-winning debut, a lesser known gem or an undisputed classic, these books are accessible works of enduring quality that people will feel passionate about sharing with others.

The 25 titles selected for the inaugural World Book Night are:
 
Kate Atkinson - Case Histories (Black Swan) Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin (Virago) Alan Bennett - A Life Like Other People's (Faber/Profile) John Le Carré - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Penguin) Lee Child - Killing Floor (Bantam) Carol Ann Duffy - The World's Wife (Picador) Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time(Vintage) Seamus Heaney - Selected Poems (Faber) Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday (Penguin/Poolbeg) Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Penguin) Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag (Bloomsbury) Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera (Penguin) Yann Martel - Life of Pi (Canongate) Alexander Masters - Stuart: A Life Backwards (Fourth Estate) Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance (Faber) David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas (Sceptre) Toni Morrison - Beloved (Vintage) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun (Fourth Estate) David Nicholls - One Day (Hodder) Philip Pullman - Northern Lights (Scholastic) Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front (Vintage) C.J. Sansom - Dissolution (Pan) Nigel Slater - Toast (Fourth Estate) Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin) Sarah Waters - Fingersmith (Virago)