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Quick Reads 2012 Titles Announced

Quick Reads, which aims to promote literacy, announced the eight new 2012 titles today:

Full House by Maeve Binchy (Orion)
The Cleverness of Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith (Little, Brown)
Quantum of Tweed: The Man with the Nissan Micra by Conn Iggulden (HarperCollins)
The Little One by Lynda La Plante (Simon & Schuster)
Beyond the Bounty by Tony Parsons (HarperCollins)
Amy’s Diary by Maureen Lee (Orion)
Get The Life You Really Want by James Caan (Penguin)
Doctor Who: Magic of Angels by Jacqueline Rayner.

We will bring you more news about the Quick Reads campaign as it develops.

If you are interested in reading groups for adults with low level literacy and/or ESOL students, check out the tips section and our Six Book Challenge programme and read how Hertfordshire Library Service have been developing Quick Reads book groups.

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