With party season in full flow, you may have a rueful eye on a resolution or two for the new year. Vying for your attention is The Year of Readers.
The organiser is Jodie Baker and she’s based in Birmingham. Here’s her explanation:
It’s an easy concept (which is probably why I thought of it). You pick a literary charity that you want to support in 2009. You sign up to be part of The Year of Readers, get people to sponsor you and just start reading whatever you like. If you’re going to read next year why not join and help a bookish charity at the same time?
Not to be confused with 2008’s National Year of Reading.