Dublin: One City, One Book

Dublin City Council has received a commendation for "Dublin: One City, One Book 2009", a project which encourages an interest in reading and literature while raising awareness of the importance of blood donation. 

"Dublin: One City, One Book" received an Arts and Culture Award at the Sixth Annual Excellence in Local Government Awards, which are run by Chambers Ireland.

The 'Dublin: One City, One Book' choice for April 2010 is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Dubliner Oscar Wilde.

Read more about the selected title and the author. 

Right: The new book cover of the Penguin edition with the One City One Book logo. Click thumbnail to enlarge.

Dacre Stoker, great nephew of Bram Stoker has written a family approved sequel to the immortal classic. Dacre will talk about the writing of the book in
Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
at 6.30pm on Wednesday 30th September.
Admission free, booking not necessary.
Further information from Jane Alger 01 674 4809 or jane.alger@dublincity.ie 
 
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Dear Quincey,
 
My dear son, all your life you have suspected that there have been secrets between us. I fear that the time has come to reveal the truth to you. To deny it any longer would put both your life and your immortal soul in jeopardy........."

'Dublin: One City, One Book' has been shortlisted for the Sixth Annual Excellence in Local Government Awards!
 
The awards are run by Chambers Ireland in association with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Now in their sixth year, the awards acknowledge and encourage best practice and constructive initiatives by local authorities. Awards are presented in a total of fourteen categories including 'Arts and Culture', the category in which 'Dublin: One City, One Book' was shortlisted. Dublin City Council was shortlisted in a total of four categories.
 
Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city to read the same book during the month of April each year. The project promotes reading in a city which boasts one of the world’s greatest literary heritages including four Nobel Laureates. Dublin: One City One Book is a Dublin City Council initiative led by the City Library Service.
 
The winners will be announced at the Chambers Ireland awards ceremony which will be held in the Burlington Hotel on Wednesday 28th October 2009.

Watch a video of Dublin: One City One Book with scenes from Bram Stoker's Wedding in St.Anne's Church.

Edinburgh, the first UNESCO City of Literature, is also running a One City, One Book promotion!

Similar to Dublin: One City One Book, this year their book is "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Edinburgh promotion is in conjunction with Glasgow and Bristol.

As part of the promotion, they are creating an online book called 'The Lost Book', and this story is being created by the audience who are in effect the storytellers. Edinburgh is inviting everyone to get involved with this project, and that means you too!

This evolving story is also something that children and teenagers might find interesting.

Intrigued? Visit www.thelostbook.net and exercise your imagination.

The story is unfolding week by week, so don't delay, get involved now!