World Book Night 2014

World Book Night is an annual event where the reading agency gives away 1000's of books to people to start a love of reading. It has a set of volunteers that must prove they have the same values as WBN and give away 18 copies of their chosen book (out of 20 that they can choose).

I was picked as a donor which I was so happy about to give 18 copies of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I was so happy because I love this book so much ever since I read it age 11.

I made all the labels myself. I'm pretty proud.


These are the parcels that are going out:

Where did my books go?
3 books went to people I knew.
2 books went to postmen by posting them in the letterboxes.

2 books went to my local station

3 books went to my station I travel to

1 book was left on a west city bus by a friend of mine

The remaining 7 books were distributed down the roads near my college, in bus shelters and letter boxes, in the baskets of bikes and in the oranges in Sainsburys. We left one on a car.

There was one in particular Nithya and I left on a table outside a pub. We looked behind us and a man started walking past it while looking at it. He then turned back and picked it up. It felt absolutely amazing.

Thank you so much World Book Night for the amazing opportunity. I hope I can do it next year. 

If you did find a WBN book today, I hope it starts a love of reading in you.