Readers Excited For Next Six Months Of Daring Year-Long Reading Challenge
Thrill-seeking readers will soon find out the next six literary adventures they will have to tackle throughout the rest of 2016 as part of the Wales-wide Year of Reading Daringly.
Tying up with the Welsh Government’s Year of Adventure, which promotes Wales as a destination for adventure tourists, the challenge invites frequent library users and non-readers alike to join up via their library service, and take part in the conversation on books they’ve read in person and on social media.
As well as encouraging the use of library and information services, the main aim of the challenge is to get keen book fans reading authors and genres outside of their usual areas of interest – in both English and Welsh – each month.
With that in mind, organisers have put together a varied mix of reads, ranging from short story anthologies to larger novels.
The titles of the books to be read until December are a closely-guarded secret, and like their predecessors will be announced on the first day of each month.
July’s book is Pigeon – and it’s Welsh translation Pijin, by author Alys Conran.
The six books read so far are:
- Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
- The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan
- The Roots of Rock by Peter Finch
- The Starlings edited by Ann Cleeves
- In Search of Mary by Bee Rowlatt
Welsh-language readers have also been encouraged to join the challenge, with the Welsh titles comprising:
- Riferau Reu by Dewi Prysor
- Gyrru Drwy Storom edited by Alaw Griffiths
- Ebargofiant by Jerry Hunter
- Llyfr Mawr Lol by Arwel Vittle
- Iddew by Dyfed Edwards
- Chwilio am Dân by Elis Dafydd
Debbie Williams, Senior Library Assistant, said: “The Year of Reading Daringly will encourage readers of all ages to pick up books they might not previously have considered reading – and we hope that will open their eyes to the wider world of books in general; something which we at Wrexham Library Services will be only too happy to guide them through.
“Social media is becoming an increasingly useful tool for modern readers to discuss books, and we want to encourage people to discuss books wherever possible.”
Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities and Partnerships, said: “Our Libraries service should be praised not only for encouraging people to read books they might not otherwise have discovered – in both Welsh and English – but also to come together and discuss books.
“Libraries are an incredibly useful resource, and it’s pleasing that this will encourage people to make use of their modern Library Services.”
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