News from library authorities:
Liverpool
Following the visit by 2009 Orange Prize short listed author Samantha Harvey, to launch this year's promotion (see March feature article), local reading groups have been visiting our promotion sites and preparing for this year's prize night event.
The Orange Prize longlist has been stocked at 8 local libraries, and extra copies of the short listed books have also been displayed.
The culmination of the promotion is on the Prize Night, 9 June, at Childwall Library, when members of local reading groups will meet together to hear short presentations about each of the short listed books, and, after discussion, will vote for their favourite. We will then find out which book has actually won the Prize: everyone who voted for this will be entered in one of the prize draws.
Sets of some of the books, like "Wolf Hall" on the main shortlist, and "The Book of Fires", by Jane Borodale, on the New Writers' shortlist, will be provided for reading groups to follow up in their own meetings, after the main event.
This is the sixth year we have held a Prize Night event, and Liverpool also hosted the very successful Orange Prize National Readers' Day as part of Capital of Culture in 2008.
For more information contact: Andy Johnson - Lifelong Learning Services Manager
Tel: 0151 722 0274/3214
