Illiteracy
Dear Friends
We can and will stamp out illiteracy. We are proud to be part and support the not for profit Teach a Friend to Read Campaign in partnership with the Dyslexia Foundation. One in 5 of the UK and USA population has trouble with reading. Anybody that can read can teach one that cannot. As simple as that. This coach-book with simple instructions shows you how.
Buy a copy or you can donate below for us to send free books to care homes and orphanages in the UK and abroad. Make a difference http://teachafriendtoread.com/
Where there is a will there is a way. We applaud everybody (The Reading Agency, BookTrust, National Literacy Trust) who wants to help a non reader how to read and write. We can all work together to bring this ‘intellectual cancer’ to extinction. Thank you for your support!
Tatiana Wilson, Founder – The People’s Book Prize
Please sponsor a winner and share your passion for reading and the determination to improve somebody’s quality of life: YOU can make that happen for one person. He or she will keep in touch with his/her progress and it will be a rewarding experience to know that you have been able to make a difference.
Thank you.
All the best. Tatiana
Star donor: TPBP 2010 Non-Fiction Award Winner, Brett Alegre-Wood, author of bestselling book THE 3 + 1 PLAN – Donation: £5,000
The People’s Book Prize
Why was it created?
- to give authors a better chance of being read
- to create a unique space where publishers can showcase their authors’ work
- to give the British public the opportunity to choose Britain’s next Bestsellers and discover new talent
- to support libraries and encourage community interaction
- to celebrate reading
- to get people reading: anybody and everybody can be part of the People’s Book Prize and take an active role
Our aims
- To champion new authors and showcase new and unknown works.
- To secure a transparent democratic process, empowering the public to vote with confidence for the nation’s next bestsellers and writers of tomorrow.
- To engage the community and raise the profile of independent publishers, libraries and new writers, forming an alliance with retailers to sell and distribute winners’ books.
- To support literacy within schools and by working with The People’s Book Prize writers to visit schools and conduct community workshops within libraries and bookshops.
- To foster a love of reading and inspire the next generation of Britain’s best untapped writing talent.
- To invest in a writing competition across three age groups.
- In partnership, to host an event to raise awareness about the state of literacy and literature in the UK.
- To eradicate illiteracy.
In the words of our Founding Patron, Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE ‘I look forward to the time when we mention this particular prize as the greatest’.