These specially reprinted, most popular titles of the Quick Reads series will help to tackle the UK's adult literacy crisis by encouraging less confident readers get reading great stories by celebrated authors. This year, The Reading Agency's 2023 Quick Reads titles will be part of the World Book Night celebrations and giveaway. This year's titles have been contributed from publishers including HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Sweet Cherry Publishing. There is also a selection of audiobooks available for the public to download for free from March 2023, including The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns and One Body: A Retrospective by Catherine Simpson. Titles include: critically acclaimed actor David Harewood's memoir Maybe I Don't Belong Here Isabel Hardman's exploration of nature, exercise and mental health, The Natural Health Service and Ravena Guron's upcoming murder mystery for young adults, This Book Kills. Next year's booklist includes fiction and non-fiction titles which appeal to adults and young people of all reading abilities. The closing date for applications is 27 January and last year's 428 recipients included 102 arts organisations and charities, 54 hospitals or health organisations and 40 prisons and young offender institutions across the UK. In 2023, The Reading Agency will be gifting over 68,000 books to organisations across the country to give to people who don't regularly read for pleasure or with limited access to books.
World Book Night takes place on 23 April.
The Reading Agency has today announced the list of 27 titles that will feature as part of World Book Night 2023, the annual celebration which brings people from all over the country together to read more.
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