World Book Night
World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books which takes place on the 23rd April.
We are giving away free books to share the love of reading with people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books. So come along to our world Book Night Event where you can meet other people who enjoy books or learn to love books and reading as a relaxing past time.
Wednesday April 23rd
6pm - 8pm
at Inkwell, 31 Potternewton lane, Chapel Allerton Leeds LS7 3LW
Why April 23rd?
This particular day is a symbolic date for world literature. It is both the birth and death day of Shakespeare, as well as the death day of Cervantes, the great Spanish novelist. It is in their honour that UNESCO ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) appointed it the international day of the book and that we choose it to celebrate World Book Night.
April 23 also marks the city of Barcelona’s celebration of St George’s Day. St George is the patron saint of Catalonia as well as England and traditionally, to celebrate this day, Spanish gentlemen gave their ladies roses and the ladies returned the favour with a book. Considering the rich literary history of this day, it seemed more than fitting that April 23 should be chosen as the day of celebrating reading and the giving of books!
World Book Night is run by The Reading Agency - the charity with a mission to give everyone an equal chance to become a reader. Because everything changes when we read.
In the UK 35% of people don’t regularly read despite reading for pleasure being a globally recognised indicator in a huge range of social issues from poverty to mental health.
World Book Night is about giving books and encouraging those who have lost the love of reading – or are yet to gain it – to pick up a book and read. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph until they too have discovered the power of reading and the opportunities in life that reading can open the door to.
Come along and celebrate World Book Night at Inkwell where we will be giving away free copies of three bestselling books:
Whatever it takes – by Adele Parks
Tales of the City – by Amistead Maupin
59 Seconds – by Richard Wiseman
Other activities are also planned for the evening including a crafting with books session, Scrabble and ‘Recycle your titles’. Our cafe will be serving home cooked vegetarian food, fresh coffee and cakes in our lovely art space.
