The *Big Read* is already in Bulgaria
*GOLYAMOTO CHETENE*
October 5 was the official start date of the initiative of the Bulgarian National Television /BNT/.
The *Big Read* will select the most favorite novel of Bulgarian readers and will last six months. The BNT presents the Big Read in partnership with DARIK radio –BG.The Big Read is a trademark of BBC carried out in 2003 with the goal of finding the *Nation’s Best-loved Book*. The *Lord of the Rings* novel was the winner in the British edition of the campaign. BBC and BNT will collaborate again after the very successful Bulgarian edition of * The Great Bulgarians* carried out in 2006.
A new Internet site has been created specially for the purpose. People are also going to be able to vote by phone, via sms, by sending letters. There are no limitations in the number of titles one person can vote for.
As a part of the nation vote Prison School in Stara Zagora will take part in Big Read campaign. The initiative will include reading events of selected books and meetings with Bulgarian poets and writers. The Big Read campaign is another good reason to present students’ work /creative writing/ and achievements to prison community and to the local community in the town. Both teachers and students will vote by letters.
In the world outside prison, the book is almost an outsider, its place has been taken away b7 the Internet and the multitude of information media forms. But in the conditions of the prison in Stara Zagora / and in the other prison institutions in Bulgaria/, the reading of books is more than entertainment and a positive and a constructive use of time. It’s a way of self-education, and acquiring of more information. The well-chosen book is a kind of a teacher in itself.
We hope the Big Read campaign will help us to gain over the sympathy and support of local authorities and to enrich our library collection.
The final show is scheduled for March 15, 2009 when Bulgaria’s most favorite novel is going to be announced.
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