A COMMUNITY initiative which aims to share the joy of reading is set to be launched in York.
Explore York's Big City Read will get underway on September 20.
The Big City Read book for 2018 is Matt Haig’s The Radleys which will be given away free from all York libraries and at pop-up giveaway sessions from September 21.
Tickets for the launch event have already sold out, but Matt Haig will be appearing at The Centre@Burnholme on November 16 to celebrate the end of the Big City Read and there are plenty of tickets still available.
As well as author events, reading groups, films, talks and workshops, this year's Big City Read will feature a short play after Explore York was awarded funding from Arts Council England.
Surprise Ending, which has been written by Bridget Foreman, will be performed by Riding Lights Theatre Company in all of York's libraries.
Brochures for the Big City Read, which are sponsored by York’s Ultra Fibre Optic from TalkTalk, are available at York libraries and can be downloaded from: www.exploreyork.org.uk/bigcityread.
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