World Book Night celebrated books and reading on an epic scale with 1m books being given away throughout the British Isles. 25 World Book Night titles were chosen, alongside 20,000 passionate readers to share these books with their local communities.
Mary Cousins, Librarian at The Family Library in Douglas, was appointed as the Island's book giver for Case Histories by Kate Atkinson and donated free copies to Onchan Book Group, and to other local libraries. Sandra Henderson from the Mobile Library service arranged for the mobile library to act as a collection point to help with distribution.
Thank you to Mary and Sandra, who made sure that Onchan Book Group had their books ready for last Thursday's meeting on World Book Day. It's often difficult to source enough titles for everyone to read before the next meeting, so these gifts are really very much appreciated.
Investigating other people's tragedies and cock-ups and misfortunes was all he knew. He was used to being a voyeur, the outsider looking in, and nothing, but nothing, that anyone did surprised him any more. Yet despite everything he'd seen and done, inside Jackson there remained a belief — a small, battered and bruised belief — that his job was to help people be good rather than punish them for being bad.
Looking forward to reading this as a group, and hearing how everyone got on at the next meeting on 7th April.
Pam
