The Harvey
Briggs Onchan Library were thrilled to take part in The Borough Press ‘Dip
Into A Debut’ promotion, made available to them through national charity The Reading Agency. They were delighted to receive promotional materials to create
a library display and a reading group set of ‘The Trouble With Goats And Sheep’
by Joanna Cannon. Onchan Book Group not
only devoured the book, but thoroughly enjoyed a conversation with author
Joanna Cannon when she joined their meeting via Twitter.
The library went on to be crowned winners of The
Borough Press Dip Into A Debut Library Display Competition, winning a selection
of books for the library. The
competition was organised by The Reading Agency in partnership with The Borough
Press, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers,
to
celebrate a list of seven of their most-anticipated debut titles of the year.
Katie Moss, Marketing Executive at Harper Collins said:
“We were overwhelmed by
the number of fantastic entries we received to our Borough Press ‘Dip into a
Debut’ display competition. We had a tough job choosing the winners but Onchan
Library’s display was brilliant and we loved the special Goats and Sheep cakes baked
for their book group meeting. A huge congratulations from all of us at The
Borough Press!”
Librarian Pam Hand said: “We loved taking part in ‘Dip
Into a Debut’ and I would like to thank The Reading Agency and The Borough
Press. Onchan Book Group has been meeting here for almost 10 years now, and regularly
post reviews on the library blog. It’s National Reading Group Day this month,
and we would like local groups to know that they are welcome to borrow titles
to support their readers.”
The Reading Agency supports reading groups through ‘Reading Groups For Everyone’, the UK’s largest reading group network for anyone interested in setting up or joining a book group.
