During the main week of the 2012 Manchester Children’s Book Festival, we want people across the world to be reading children’s books and writing for children – so we’re launching the MCBF Reading and Writing Relay.
On Monday 2nd July 2012, there’ll be a reading event at Manchester Metropolitan University after which one of our ‘Festival Runners’ will set off with a special baton, which will be delivered to a Manchester school. The school will then pick up the baton and start their reading, before passing it on to the next group. Alongside this, we’ll be launching a ‘virtual baton’ on the Festival website, and readers and writers all over the world will be invited to pick up the baton and tell us what they’ve been reading or writing on the Festival website blog.
So, whether you’re a school arranging an in-class reading, a group of adults planning an overnight read, or a children’s writer working on a new story – everyone can get involved!
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