World Book Night is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
World Book Night would not be possible without the donors who have given so generously to support us, from the givers and readers who have given a few pounds to major funders who have given thousands.
World Book Night is supported by the generosity of among others:
The libraries and booksellers across the country who participate as pick-points.
Distribution:
The World Book Night books are distributed by Yodel, the UK's leading parcel delivery company, which delivers over 150 million parcels a year to homes and businesses on behalf of the UK's top retailers. Yodel are delivering all 25,000 packages of books for World Book Night to libraries, bookshops and institutions across the UK & Ireland.
www.yodel.co.uk
Paper:
The books are printed on Holmen BOOK which is a Carbon neutral paper supplied and sponsored by Holmen Paper. Holmen BOOK is a recyclable paper based on
wood, a renewable and climate-neutral raw material. The wood comes from an environmentally adapted forestry.
www.holmen.com
World Book Night’s primary partners are:
The BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
The Reading Agency
www.readingagency.org.uk
The Reading Agency is an independent charity working to inspire more people to read more. It is funded by Arts Council England and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Publishers’ Association
www.publishers.org.uk
Booksellers’ Association
www.booksellers.org.uk
PR, promotion & events:
FMCM
Design:
Pentagram, original design;
Fiona Carpenter, artwork;
Paul Squires at Perera, website design.
The Publishers
Our thanks go to the publishing houses that have supported World Book Night, and especially to those who provided the titles for World Book Night 2011, 2012 and 2013
And finally, of course, our thanks go to the authors, the givers and the readers.
