2008 Year Of Reading
Storytelling
Collections of stories for children e.g. fairy tales, short story anthologies from round the world. Classic short stories e.g. ghost stories Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James. Books about the joy of storytelling. Spoken word especially stories for children and poetry. Promote any Live Literature Events in your area and websites that include details e.g. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk This month is also Black History Month link the two bring in a storyteller to tell traditional folk tales or a rap poet, or a performance poet from any culture National Poetry Day is October 9th see July’s list or Write for NW poets To find a storyteller check this new website http://www.sfs.org.uk/
Librarians in the North West have pioneered partnership working to encourage new readers into libraries. Time To Read is a partnership of librarians engaged in reader development activity in public library authorities in the North West Region. All 23 public library authorities in the region currently support Time To Read.