WBN 2014 - Apply to be a Giver!

WBN stands for World Book Night and it's an organisation that is dedicated to sharing the power of books!
All over the country, people are signing up to be given the chance to give BACK. Taken from the WBN website:

Being a World Book Night edition book giver is how people have traditionally taken part in World Book Night. It involves applying (via an online form) to be able to receive a set of 18 copies of a book of your choice (from our list of 20 titles) to give to people who don't regularly read on April 23.

• We’re looking for volunteers who can demonstrably give to the 35% of the population who don’t regularly read
• You can apply as an individual or on behalf of an organisation or institution
• Anyone can apply but you must be able to clearly demonstrate how you’ll be able to reach those who don’t regularly read
• You must choose books from our World Book Night list and state on the application form how you intend to give your books away including where and to whom
• Any applications to give books to regular readers will be rejected.
• As a volunteer giver you commit to collecting your books from a local bookshop or library (exceptions are made for large institutions such as prisons where we will make direct deliveries) in the week before World Book Night and to giving them to people who don’t read to encourage them to do so on or around April 23
• Application is now open and closes on January 23.
• You can also register as a Community book giver

If this sounds like you then why not sign up? Last year I gave away a ton of copies of Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman and it actually turned out to be pretty fun.
You can follow the link to the website for more information about how you can help with WBN or even become a Giver. Applications close TOMORROW at MIDNIGHT so get there fast!

World Book Night Website

World Book Night 2013

From the World Book Night website:
World Book Night is a celebration of reading and books which sees tens of thousands of passionate volunteers gift specially chosen and printed books in their communities to share their love of reading. World Book Night is celebrated on April 23.
Each year we recruit 20,000 volunteers to hand out 20 copies of their favourite book from our list to members of their community who don’t regularly read.  By enlisting thousands of passionate book lovers around the country World Book Night reaches out to the millions of people in the UK who have yet to fall in love with reading in the hope that we can start them on their reading journey. In addition World Book Night distributes 100,000 books through our institutional partners to the hardest to reach potential readers in prisons, care homes, hospitals, sheltered, supported and social housing, the homeless and through partner charities working throughout the UK.
World Book Night is about giving books and encouraging reading in those who don’t regularly do so.  But it is also about more than that: it’s about people, communities and connections, about reaching out to others and touching lives in the simplest of ways, through the sharing of stories.

This year I was lucky enough to become a 'Giver' for WBN - giving away 20 copes of Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses!
I'm a 3rd year university student and so I know how hard it is to make time for reading sometimes and I know many more students don't read a single book for fun during their time at university. So today I will be hauling my box of freebies to university and giving out a copy of Noughts & Crosses to students who I think deserve time to sit back and rediscover reading!

What are you doing for World Book Night?