Do you love a book so much you want everyone to read it?
World Book Night was launched in 2011 to give one million books away to light or non readers. This year, for the first time, RNIB National Library Service is giving blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to join in.
World Book Night will be held on 23 April and RNIB will be giving a selected group of blind and partially sighted people 25 CD copies of an audio book to give away as part of this national reading event.
It is entirely up to you how you give away your 25 audio CDs. You can give them to friends or relatives or to complete strangers in the street or on the bus! Either way, you will be sharing a great book with others and helping RNIB to promote the importance of accessible reading for people with sight loss and the wider work of RNIB.
If you would like to become a book giver on World Book Night, contact Deb Ryan on 0161 355 2082 or email deborah.ryan@rnib.org.uk
How does the RNIB World Book Night work?
25 copies of each of the 25 titles will be made available by RNIB Talking Book Service to be given away. These books will be produced in MP3 audio, not in the usual DAISY format so everyone can play and enjoy them.
Still interested? Find out what happens next
We would like you to choose one of the titles on the list, telling us why you chose that title and where you are planning to give it away. Please choose up to 3 titles. Notify us of your choices by 10 April. You will be told which title you have successfully bid for by Friday 13 April.
Each giver will receive 25 copies which will be sent to them in the week before April 23
Please ensure you include the address you would like the books to be mailed to in your reply.
What happens on the night ?
Give the books out at your chosen spot. We will be asking receivers about which book they received, where they received it and what they thought of it. This information will be included in the introduction to the audio book and on a reply slip.
What happens after the night
We will collate any receivers' comments about the books they enjoyed and share them with you. We will also be in touch with you to see how the experience was for you.
So let us know your choices and we'll get the ball rolling!
Books to choose from
This year's selection was partly chosen by members of the public, who helped to draw up a list of 100 books over the summer. The final shortlist was decided by a panel of experts chaired by novelist Tracy Chevalier, whose historical novels include Girl With A Pearl Earring, she summed the list up. "Key to all of them is that they tell cracking stories which make you stay up late reading to find out what happens."
The full list for 2012 is:
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham
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The Player of Games by Iain M Banks
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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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The Take by Martina Cole
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Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell
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Collected short stories of Roald Dahl
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Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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Room by Emma Donoghue
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Misery by Stephen King
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The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
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Small Island by Andrea Levy
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Let the Right One In by John Ajivde Lindqvist
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
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Damned Utd by David Peace
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
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Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
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I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak