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World Book Night: Newcastle City Library
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The annual event which takes place on Tuesday, 23 April is a celebration of reading and books, where passionate volunteers across the country hand out specially chosen and printed World Book Night books in their communities and share their love of reading.
To mark this special date on the worlds cultural calendar you can get involved by coming along to a special coffee morning at Moorside library at 11am, or visit Denton Burn library for a cup of coffee and a talk from local crime writer Graham Pears from 10.30am to 12 noon.
There will be a special evening at the City Library from 5pm which including music from Silver Belles and local actors will be performing an Anne Cleeves Murder Mystery.
As part of World Book Night around 20,000 volunteers across the world will hand out 20 copies of their favourite book from this years book list to members of their community, and in Newcastle you could pick up your free book at the Denton Burn and Moorside libraries coffee mornings.
Volunteers will also be handing out free books on Northumberland Street and around the Monument as well as some restaurants and coffee shops from 5pm.
This years 20 titles have been chosen by an independent editorial committee which is made up of experts representing librarians, booksellers, writers and the media.
Cllr David Stockdale, Newcastle City Councils Deputy Cabinet Member for Public Health, Culture, Leisure and Libraries, said: I am delighted that our citys libraries are supporting World Book Night and I am sure our staff are looking forward to welcoming some of Newcastles reading enthusiasts to our events and celebrate this special day. We hope more and more people will use this occasion to pick up a book and discover a passion for reading.
World Book Night also marks two special anniversaries, the birth and death day of Shakespeare, as well as the death day of Cervantes, the great Spanish novelist.
For more information about this annual event go to http://community.newcastle.gov.uk/libraries where you can see all the books which are included on this years book list.
You can also follow world book night on twitter at #worldbooknight or at www.facebook.com/worldbooknight
