Readers are rock stars!
By Wade KwonGiving out freebies (or collecting them) on World Book Night 2012 in Birmingham
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I loved having the opportunity to spread the joy of reading! Around the nation, people like me gave out boxes of free books to strangers and friends on April 23 to promote reading for pleasure.Take a look at World Book Night 2012 in Birmingham …
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Share“About World Book Night | @scoopit bit.ly/JA9Y2V Today is World Book Night be on the lookout for a person giving away a free book
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Share“First stop on our #wbnamerica tour: Eastwood Shaeffer Eye Ctr. I’m getting contact lenses, while kids give away Book Thief @81churchstreet
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Share“5 copies of The Book Thief now live with the awesome staff and patients of Eastwood Shaeffer Eye Ctr. Yay! #wbnamerica @81churchstreet
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Share“The Richmans (& The Book Thief) have moved to Trinity Commons at UAB, & next we’ll be hitting up Fat Sams #wbnamerica @81churchstreet
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Share“Giving out free books tonight at @81churchstreet from 5 to 6:30 for World Book Night. Come on by! #bham #wbnamerica
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Share“10 minutes in, all the books are given! So fun to give books to strangers by bike. Thanks @81churchstreet for the opportunity! #wbnamerica
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Share“Hurray for World Book Night! Find really good books for free all over Birmingham TONIGHT! us.worldbooknight.org/wbn2… #wbnamerica @81churchstreet
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Share“Come by @urban_standard in the next 30 mins (or so) and get a free copy of Patti Smith’s Just Kids in honor of #wbnamerica @81churchstreet
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Share“Just gave The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to a friend via a Chinese firedrill at a red light #wbnamerica cc @81churchstreet
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ShareWade Kwo n. checked in at Churchstreet Coffee And Books
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Share“Now the Richmans are off to Railroad Park with copies of The Book Thief. Come find us! #wbnamerica @81churchstreet
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Share“Stop by for a brew and a FREE book! @bhamboxset will give out 20 copies of A Prayer for Owen Meaning, thanks to @81churchstreet #wbnamerica
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Love this from Sara Glassman!
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Share“I didn’t sign up for #wbnamerica, but that’s not going to stop me from giving away some of my favorite books at #cyrano rehearsal tonight.
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Share“I’ll be at Taco Mama (Crestline Village, across from Surin) in 10 mins w/ tons of free copies of Zeitoun & The Glass Castle. Come take one!
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Share“Win $20 Barnes & Noble GC, Ender’s Game or Blog Design for World Book Night via @parajunkee Plz RT parajunkee.com/2012/04/wor…
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Lynsey Weatherspoon: ““Free reads on World Book Night #worldbooknight #freebies #churchstreet #bookstore #tacomamas”
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Share“What do a bar, a salon, and a cub scout meeting have in common? All places I gave out “The Stand” tonight! #wbnamerica
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Share“Glass Castle is totally out”selling” Hunger Games at #wbnamerica. Unexpected!
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Share“last year i was in Trafalgar Sq for @worldbooknight. Tonight I got a book in @RailroadPark in B’ham, AL — what a global reading experience!
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Share“I gave away books by @erniecline and @JonathanMaberry among others for my unofficial #worldbooknight.
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For 2013, I’d love to see more participation in the Birmingham area, as well as coordination among the givers to publicize the event and all the locations around town.I enjoyed meeting some new folks while handing over pristine copies of “The Lovely Bones.” My special thanks to Church Street Coffee and Books for letting me station myself there and sharing free coffee with my recipients!More happy recipients below.
Jared
Mom and daughter
Danni
Marty
Joanna
Kellye
Ryan
Also:
- Minneapolis Star Tribune: “On the first World Book Night USA, it was surprisingly tough to give books away”
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Writer and editor at large, humble blogger, Birminghamian through and through. Wade Kwon is all these things and less. After nearly a decade at the Birmingham (Ala.) Post-Herald and two-and-a-half years at Southern Living, he’s hard at work as a citizen journalist. His other blog is 
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