Thanks for joining uspublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
We hope you enjoyed #ReadingHour - and keep reading!
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Culture in Quarantine marked World Book Night 2020 with book discussion, author interviews and an all-round celebration of reading
World Book Night took place on 23 April 2020
The Reading Agency asked the nation to join a #ReadingHour between 7pm and 8pm
Explore the response on social media using #WorldBookNight and #ReadingHour
Thanks for joining uspublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Some timely advice from the Bardpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X postLooking for your next great read?published at 20:03 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Now that #ReadingHour is over, why not review books and get recommendations for your next read:
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Thank you for sharing World Book Night with uspublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Thank you for sharing #ReadingHour with us this World Book Night.
Don't forget that Thursday night at 8pm is time to Clap for Carers. We'll be joining in.
A literary rainbowpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X postA box set from the Bardpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
#ReadingHour is nearly over, but we have plenty more #CultureInQuarantine for you to enjoy. Check out our box set of archive productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe, now online.
Image source, RSCImage caption, Bally Gill and Karen Fishwick as Romeo and Juliet
More reading recommendations for troubled timespublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X postThe toughest ever Lord of the Rings quizpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
If you aced our Pride and Prejudice quiz, why not test your knowledge of Lord of the Rings, with fifteen fiendishly difficult questions.
Image source, New Line MediaImage caption, Do you know your Gollum from your Gandalf?
How to travel without leaving your armchairpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X postThe art of Orlandopublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
What is the connection between Virginia Woolf's Orlando and this woman in a red hat? Discover the as told in paintings on the Art UK website.
Image source, William Strang /Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (CC BY-NC-ND)Image caption, Lady with a Red Hat by William Strang / Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (CC BY-NC-ND)
Your favourite characterspublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Betsy Trotwood, Jane Eyre and Harriet Vane are just some of the favourite literary characters you've been sharing. , and help us complete the largest ever survey of English language novels.
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Owen Teale reads from Wind in the Willowspublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Game of Thrones actor Owen Teale reads an extract from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, from the Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults collection, as part of The Reading Agency's World Book Night.
Whatever you're reading, enjoy it...published at 19:33 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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It's been great to see people around the world celebrating all things literary today:
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End of X post 3A remarkable Victorian librarianpublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
It’s not just today’s psychologists who believe books are good for us. Victorian librarian Marian Frost thought libraries were as necessary to the mental and moral health of the citizens as good sanitary arrangements, water supply and street lighting. Find out more about this
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Reading is good for youpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Did you know that reading is not only a great way to spend time: it can also be good for your mental health, reducing your heart rate and alleviating symptoms of depression. One study by the University of Sussex suggested just six minutes a day was enough to give benefits. We hope you're feeling the benefits of tonight's #ReadingHour
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Another #ReadingHour recommendationpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X postPass it on with Shetland Librarypublished at 19:14 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
Our northern pals at Shetland Library have just posted this wonderful film for #WorldBookNight. Happy WBN to you too!
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End of X postGreat to see what everyone is reading tonightpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
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End of X post"Bad behaviour and 8 hours of Beowulf": Margaret Atwood's Lockdown Readspublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 23 April 2020
From her home in Toronto, two-times Booker winner and Handmaid's Tale supremo Margaret Atwood joined us for a World Book Night chat. She talked to Will Gompertz about the long (and difficult) books she thinks we should immerse ourselves in right now.
Media caption, The acclaimed author talks to Will Gompertz for World Book Night.