Rivers
of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz) has been chosen as the focus of
Cityread London’s 2015 campaign. The title will be the centre of a month-long
celebration of reading in the capital, starting on 30 March and running
throughout April, which aims to engage London’s residents, workers and visitors
with reading for pleasure, focused around the shared reading experience of a
single book.
Taking Aaronovitch’s novel as
a starting point, a programme of events will
take place across all
33 London boroughs in libraries, bookshops, museums and
other venues including a series of interactive theatrical performances by award
winning theatre company Look Left Look Right as well as a tour by Aaronovitch
that will include a library visitor event in every London Borough.
Cityread 2015 will also include a specially produced Quick
Reads title aimed at engaging Londoners who struggle with reading and will
be supported by a partnership with BBC London.
Ben Aaronovitch said:
“As a native Londoner it's hard to imagine a more exciting honour than
by having my book selected to be the London Cityread 2015. Added to that is the sheer pleasure of
working with and helping support the public libraries of London. My love of reading began in my local library
and I frequently find myself drawn into the many fabulous local history
libraries when researching my books.
They are a resource beyond price and their contribution to the
intellectual and cultural capital of London is beyond measure. If I have one hope for Cityread 2015 it is
that other people young, old and those travelling in between who have yet to
fall in love with books will find that same first love. I mean it would be nice if it’s Rivers of
London but I am not fussy- there’s plenty of books to go around”.
Andy Ryan, Director of Cityread London said:
“The world created in Rivers of London,
a magical but very real
modern-day capital, complete with river spirits, vampires and a secret branch of the Met dedicated
to dealing with the supernatural, makes it the perfect Cityread title. We’re thrilled to be working with Ben and the
the team at Gollancz on our 2015 programme as the book presents so many
exciting opportunites to bring reading to life for Londoners. There’ll be opportunities to interact with
the characters at immersive theatrical performances, and to discuss the book with
the author as Ben will be visiting each of London’s 33 library services during
April 2015.
Full details of all Cityread London activity can be
found at the website and at
Facebook/CityreadLondon.
About
Rivers of London
Rivers of London is the first of an
urban fantasy / crime fiction series, that follows the adventures of a rookie
copper-turned-apprentice-wizard, Peter Grant, and his boss, the last wizard in
England. A unique blend of police procedural, supernatural mayhem and threads
of fascinating hidden history woven through the very fabric of the plot, Rivers
Of London is fast-moving, funny, full of warmth and features at its heart one
of the greatest and most historically rich cites in the world: London. The fifth in the series, Foxglove Summer is published in hardback on November 13th 2014. The
other three books in the series, Moon
Over Soho, Whispers Underground
and Broken Homes are all available in
paperback.
About Ben Aaronovitch
Born and raised in London, Ben Aaronovitch now lives in
Kentish Town. He worked as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who and Casualty
before the inspiration for his own series of books struck him whilst working as
a bookseller in Waterstones Covent Garden. Ben Aaronovitch’s unique novels are
the culmination of his experience of writing about the emergency services and
the supernatural.
The fifth book in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Foxglove
Summer, is published in hardback on the 13th of November 2014.
For
more information contact
Sophie Calder
Publicity Manager
Gollancz
The Orion Publishing Group
0207 520 4314
07876 451 063
@SophieSFF
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