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April 2009 Penguin Readers' Noticeboard

Penguin authors are out and about this Spring appearing at a variety of Festivals.

The Penguin & Orange Readers' Group Prize

The Penguin & Orange Readers' Group Prize has changed

This year, we've opening up the field to our bookish teenagers and of course all of our regular Readers. You don't have to be a teenager to enter, you just have to be over 16 and love to talk about books. Entries are via our Spinebreakers website, so take a look and tell us about yourselves, the books you love and why 'you have to read this'!

We want to know a short history of everything; who you are, what you do, when you started, where you meet, how you stimulate discussion, how many people you are talking to and why you love to talk about books. You might have started a group on Facebook, run a book group in your college or maintain a bookish blog – whatever it is that you do to get people talking about reading, we want to know.

You can vote for your favourite Reading Group Book of the year too by clicking through here.

God's Own Country

Oxford Literary Festival April 2009

Come and hear Penguin Editor Mary Mount interview the author of one of the brightest young debut novels of last year- Ross Raisin, author of God's Own Country on Friday April 3rd at Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

Book your tickets here: Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

Fair Stood the Wind for France and If Not Now, When?

Penguin World War 2 Promotion in Libraries

Reading Groups across the country are currently choosing six books to recommend to other readers in Penguin’s War Promotion in Libraries. The list includes Evelyn Waugh, Primo Levi, Penelope Lively and HE Bates. The groups have been asked to choose books that best represent what it was like to live through World War Two, which began 70 years ago this year. The list will be announced at the end of March.

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Nick Hornby wows Southampton! Nick Hornby wows Southampton! School children get reading in Southampton Southampton skateboarders take time out to read Nick Hornby's Slam. Evelyn Waugh’s grandson launches Brideshead Big Read! Marina Lewycka in Stockport as part of the National Year of Reading Marina Lewycka in Stockport as part of the National Year of Reading The Bullingdon Prison Reading Group The Book Groupies, London The European Reading Group, Canterbury Kent The Rugby High School Reading Group, Warwickshire St Michaels Reading Group, Doncaster

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  • Click to find out more about the Penguin and Orange Readers' Group Prize
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