Did you know that just two weeks ago on April 23rd,
sixty-two Austinites gave away over 7,000 books? For FREE?! That’s right,
Austin took the prize for number of book givers per capita for World Book Night.
The mission: Get books into the hands of those that aren’t
exposed to them.
I’m proud to say that I was one of those 62 givers, and my
30 books, John Irving’s “The Poisonwood Bible,” went to the individuals and
families living at SafePlace. That night books made the rounds to all sorts of
haunts, some predictable (like Book People and public schools), others not
(like handing out books to Goodwill shoppers, unsuspecting street strollers,
and a local drum circle).
I don’t have any snazzy pictures to accompany my book-giving
prowess, so I’ll pass the torch to one of my fellow book givers who sums up
her experiences nicely in, “rather be reading.”
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