World Book Week 2015

Thanks to everyone who participated in World Book Week.  This was run across all three sites of the Guildford College Group and impact differed accordingly.

Merrist Wood

Merrist Wood had an imaginative display which focused on where a book could take your imagination.  Access to different places was demonstrated by the theme of foreign travel.  It was represented via a trunk covered in travel stickers, and on top of it was a globe, travel guides and holiday accessories such as a sun hat and sunglasses.   Hung in a washing-line style above the issue desk were pictures of people reading books in unlikely places!
However, the 'piece de la resistance' had to be the life-size cardboard cut-out of 'fit' Anton du Beck, presumably to fuel romantic fantasies!  Questions were asked on arrows to suggest where your story would take you...  
A big thank you to LRC Assistant, Jackie Smith, also an experienced party organiser.  The displays were much-appreciated by library visitors who all had their day brightened.

Farnham

Farnham generated a lot of enthusiasm for the 'Location, Location, Location' quiz where there were an impressive 47 entries.  A big thank you to site librarian, Ingrid Whatmore, who has established good links with the English teaching staff .

Guildford

Guildford did well with the micro-stories.  We had 20 entries and most were very good efforts demonstrating superb imaginative skills.  A big thank you to supported learning students and teachers for their enthusiasm.
Fifty words is challenging in terms of writing a story.   However, we let everyone have four free words 'On my way to...'.  Sadly anyone going over the 50 word limit was disqualified from winning.
We had some suggestions on the book wall, kicked off by staff.   Books of interest included the following fiction titles:

• Eric Carle: The very hungry caterpillar
• Anne Frank: Diary of a young girl
• Esther Freud: Hideous Kinky
• Mark Haddon: The curious incident of the dog in the night time
• EL James: Fifty shades of grey (1 of 3) 
• EL James: Fifty shades darker (2 of 3)
•  EL James: Fifty shades freed (3 of 3)
•  Henry James: Portrait of a lady
•  Pittacus Lore: I am number four
• Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Love in the time of cholera
• Anne McCaffrey: Dragonsong
• O'Hearn: Pegasus series - eg. The flame of Olympus
• Karl Ore Knausgaard: Death in the family
• Arundhati Roy: The god of small things
• Graeme Simsion: The rosie project
• Kathleen Tessaro: The perfume collector

And non-fiction:

• BS7671 wiring regulations
• Dale Carnegie: How to win friends and influence people 
• Stephen Covey: The seven habits of highly effective people

Participation in the quiz was disappointing, but our winner was a worthy entry.

Winners at Guilford:

Location, Location, Location quiz - Petva Ivanova

Micro-story Winner - Rupert Turner (50 words)

Micro-story Runner-up - Lewis Gerrad (45 words) Highly Commended

Micro-story Commended - Alexandra Ross (47 words)

Micro-story Commended - Louise Jordan (45 words)

There were some good entries which exceeded the word limit.  Two notable ones are from Francis Terry and Katarina Feoce.