Listings
for World Book Day 2009
Local events taking
place in Edinburgh to celebrate World Book Day on
Thursday, 5 March
Happy
World Book Day 2009! For more than a decade now millions of readers, young and
old, have shared the thrill and pleasure of a good read on World Book Day. This year's World Book Day festivities
are bigger than ever and will include the publication of six specially written
World Book Day £1 flip books, with two stories by two bestselling authors in one
book for £1; a chance to enjoy new authors and titles with Spread the Word:
Books to Talk About, and a huge range of events and initiatives taking place up and down
the country.
Highlights of events in
Edinburgh to
celebrate World Book Day include:
Borders Bookstore, Fort Kinnaird Shopping Centre, Edinburgh
When: Monday
2nd March - Sunday 8th March 09
Where: Fort Kinnaird Retail Park. Edinburgh, EH15 3RD. Scotland
What:
Activities include:
1. The Bookstore will give children a
chance to Spread the Word about their favourite book by designing a poster.
There will be prizes for the best.
2. Complete a short story started by
the bookshop's book club members -the club have provided the
opening sentence to ten stories and participating children will finish the
story. There will be prizes for the best.
3. The store will lead a discussion
about children's favourite books and the reasons why they are
popular.
4. Craft, colouring and quiz activities
which will be operating around World Book Day titles including Beast Quest, Mr
Gum, Percy Jackson and Tyrannosaurus Drip to name a few.
5. The bookstore will also make a giant
World collage and flag with the children's favourite books
6. On Thursday 5th March the stores Book Club will participate in activities to celebrate the day.
Every one is welcome. Book club starts at 6.45 until 8.15
pm.
Further Details: If any schools are
interested in participating during the week, please contact us in-store or by
calling 0131 657 4041.
Waterstones' Bookstore, Edinburgh West
End
When: Thursday 12th March
09
Where: Waterstones, 128 Princes Street, Ednburgh, EH2
4AD
What:
Meet Julia Donaldson & Axel
Scheffler
To celebrate World Book Day, on Thursday, 12 March
2009 at 10:30AM Waterstones are giving children a chance to meet Julia Donaldson
and Axel Scheffler. Join the store on this special occasion where Julia
Donaldson & Axel Scheffler the creators of the worldwide bestseller ‘The
Gruffalo' will be signing copies of their books. Children will also be able to
meet the Gruffalo and wish him a Happy 10th Birthday!
Further details: 0131 226 2666
Campie Primary
School, Musselburgh
When: 5th March, Afternoon
Where: Campie Primary
School, 3
Stoneyhill Farm Road, Musselburgh,
EH21 6QS
What:
Famous Illustrator of Hamish McHaggis and Greyfriars
Bobby, Sally Collins, will be spending time at Campie Primary School in aid of World Book Day.
Primary Three
Sally
will be sharing secrets about Hamish McHaggis and his friends -Angus the pinemartin, Jeannie the osprey and Rupert
the hedgehog. This will include drawing the character workshop and colouring
sheets from the Hamish McHaggis series to take home.
Primary Four and Five
Sally will be chatting about her other illustrated
work in the book, Greyfriars Bobby. She will be explaining how the drawings
evolve into finished artwork and how to draw animals. There will also be time
for a question and answers session and the chance to take home worksheets and
bookmarks.
Further Details: Miss
Tessa Collins on 0131 665 2045
Beeslack High
School, Penicuik
When: 6th March
Where: Edinburgh Rd, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QF
What: Beeslack High
School is holding a Book Swap event on the
6th March to celebrate World Book Day.
Further Details: 01968
673893.
West Calder Library
When: Thursday 5 March
Where: Church Street, Addiewell, West Calder, West
Lothian
What: To celebrate World
Book Day, West Calder Library is inviting children from the local school along
to the library between 3.30 pm and 6.00 pm for snacks and activities and to see
the books on offer. Non-library members are welcome - although it's easy to join
the library.
Further Details: Contact Teresa Doyle on 01506
776335
The Chair of World Book Day, Neil
Jewsbury, Commercial Director of Waterstone's, is available for interview, if
you would like a spokesperson for World Book Day.
Over 13 million school children will
receive a World Book Day £1 Book
Token which can be exchanged for a World Book Day £1 Book, throughout March,
from over 3,000 participating bookshops and book retailers across the UK and
Republic of Ireland. The £1 Token
can also be put towards any book or audio book costing £2.99 or
more.
Each World Book Day £1 Book is suitable for
a different age range, from pre-school to 11+ years, so every child can enjoy at
least one of the unique books being produced to celebrate this special day.
The eleven £1 book authors include
the creator of the Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, the duo behind the bestselling
Horrible Histories series, Terry Deary and Martin Brown, the Roald Dahl Funny
Prize winner Andy Stanton and the team behind the bestselling YUCK series, Matt
and Dave.
For the fourth year
running, there is a new series of ten Quick Reads published on World Book
Day, which this year includes non-fiction titles. This innovative and popular range of
short and accessible books is aimed at the millions of people who just don't
have time to read or who struggle to finish a book. This year's Quick Reads
include titles by some of Britain's most popular and engaging personalities,
including Sherrie Hewson, Ian Rankin and Kate Mosse, as well as a new adventure
featuring television favourite Doctor Who.
- Ends
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For
more information about World Book Day please contact: Katy Gilzean or Jennifer
Telfer at Colman Getty Consultancy
Email:
[email protected] / [email protected]
Tel:
0131 558 8851
- World
Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2009, is the biggest annual celebration of books and
reading in the UK.
- World
Book Day £1 Book Tokens are distributed to all primary school children in the
UK and Republic of Ireland, and offered to secondary schools
and pre-school organisations (while stocks last). Pre-school organisations and
secondary schools are asked to register online at
www.worldbookday.com. Over
the past decade, over 130 million £1 World Book Day Book Tokens have been
distributed to schools.
- The
£1 World Book Day Book Token can be redeemed from 2 March to 29 March inclusive
at participating bookshops. Minimum
redemption £2.99, one transaction per token, can be put towards any book or
audio book of the purchaser's choice. In the Republic of Ireland, the World Book Day Token will be
to the value of €1.50 and the minimum redemption is
€3.99.
- Five
flipbooks and one picture book are specially produced World Book Day £1 books,
published for World Book Day 2009 and available in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
- A
special Irish World Book Day £1 flipbook with one story in English and the other
in Irish, published by The O'Brien Press, is available in Ireland
only.
- National
Book Tokens has been the proud sponsor of World Book Day for 10
years.
National
Book Tokens are the only voucher welcomed in bookshops across the
UK and Ireland, including all major
bookselling chains as well as over 1,000 local independent booksellers. £30
million of National Book Tokens are sold every year.
National
Book Tokens is committed to promoting literacy and the enjoyment of reading
through its work with World Book Day and Quick Reads.
For more information on National Book Tokens go to
www.nationalbooktokens.com
- Book
Aid International is the nominated charity for funds raised on World Book Day.
Book
Aid International increases access to books to support literacy, education and
development in sub-Saharan Africa. They believe that literacy is a
fundamental human right. A world leader in the field of book donations, they
provide over half a million books to partners in sub-Saharan Africa every year, and provide additional support to
projects which enhance the use of those books in both primary school and
community settings. They
prioritise sub-Saharan Africa for support
because it is the poorest region of the world, and because improving access to
books and improved literacy will in the long term help eradicate poverty in the
region. Book Aid International see
books as crucial for quality education, raising literacy, providing information
and underpinning development:- because books change lives.
- More
information about World Book Day is also available from the WBD website
www.worldbookday.com sponsored by The Booksellers Association of the
UK and Ireland.
- For
the fourth year, a number of Quick Reads books will be published on World Book
Day. Aimed at the 13 million adults who have lost the reading habit or have
difficulty reading, 2009's Quick Reads will include books by Ian Rankin and
Sherrie Hewson. More information on
www.quickreads.org.uk
- The
World Book Day tradition began in Catalonia,
Spain, where people celebrate
St George's Day by giving a book and a rose to
loved ones (St George is also the patron saint of Catalonia).
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