Today is Shakespeare’s birthday and it’s also World Book Night.

Last year, I gave away 50 copies of Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes at my local hospice and hospital. I loved being able to share one of my favourite feel-good books with women who might need a bit of escape in their lives.

I also decided to follow Nicola Morgan’s idea about a complementary World Book Night. I bought a copy of a book from an independent book shop, and gave it away. I bought a copy of John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany from WordPlay in Caversham, and left it for anyone who wanted it in Picnic Cafe, in Reading.

This year, I bought a copy of Veronica Henry‘s Marriage and Other Games from Jaffé and Neale bookshop in Chipping Norton, where I was for the Chipping Norton Literary Festival (of which more later). Yesterday I left it on an unoccupied stool in The Lyndhurst pub in Reading, where the Rock God and I were enjoying a gorgeous Sunday lunch and board games with the Fecklet.

If you’re very lucky it might still be there…run, go have a look! And enjoy.

Are you doing anything?

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   At 9:41 pm Jo said:

   Such a wonderful event to be a part of.
   http://intotheringwithtolstoy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/first-world-book-night-experience.html

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   At 9:05 am Julie said:

   One of my favourite books, Jo! Yay!

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