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Wednesday is World Book Night

by Frances Marion Platt
April 1, 2016
in Books, Entertainment
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Some of the 31 books to be given out on World Book Night 2014
Some of the 31 books to be given out on World Book Night 2014

We don’t really know exactly when William Shakespeare was born; the only written documentation records his baptism on April 26, 1564. Backdating three days from that to give his mother a chance to get up and around yields April 23 as the date on which the Bard’s nativity is traditionally marked. If it’s correct, he died on his 52nd birthday – the same day, incidentally, that Miguel de Cervantes shuffled off this mortal coil.

The real question, though, isn’t when to celebrate, but rather how to celebrate. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated April 23 each year as the International Day of the Book – not for Shakespeare but for Cervantes. In the Catalonia region of Spain, there’s a longstanding tradition of remembering Cervantes by giving a book and a flower to a loved one on April 23.

An international organization called World Book Night takes this delightful practice a step farther by compiling an annual list of several dozen books in various genres, for young readers on up, printing millions of copies and distributing them to volunteer “givers” for free redistribution. Each giver receives 20 copies of one of his or her top three choices from the list, and is then tasked with giving them away to people within the community who need a little nudge to read more. Ideally, it’s all supposed to happen on the 23rd.

Two local pickup points for the free books are Oblong Books & Music in Millerton and Rhinebeck. According to the World Book Night website at www.us.worldbooknight.org/faqs, it’s too late at this point to submit an application to become a new giver for 2014. But you might know some participants who could use a little help giving their allocations of books away on the designated date. Check out the action and find out how you can get involved in the next round by calling (845) 876-0500, e-mailing info@oblongbooks.com or visiting https://oblongbooks.com.

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Frances Marion Platt

Frances Marion Platt has been a feature writer (and copyeditor) for Ulster Publishing since 1994, under both her own name and the nom de plume Zhemyna Jurate. Her reporting beats include Gardiner and Rosendale, the arts and a bit of local history. In 2011 she took up Syd M’s mantle as film reviewer for Alm@nac Weekly, and she hopes to return to doing more of that as HV1 recovers from the shock of COVID-19. A Queens native, Platt moved to New Paltz in 1971 to earn a BA in English and minor in Linguistics at SUNY. Her first writing/editing gig was with the Ulster County Artist magazine. In the 1980s she was assistant editor of The Independent Film and Video Monthly for five years, attended Heartwood Owner/Builder School, designed and built a timberframe house in Gardiner. Her son Evan Pallor was born in 1995. Alternating with her journalism career, she spent many years doing development work – mainly grantwriting – for a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including six years at Scenic Hudson. She currently lives in Kingston.

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