Join all of Bristol
in reading The Bristol Story as part
of the 2008 Great Reading Adventure! Bristol's annual Great Reading
Adventure encourages everyone in the city to read the same book
at the same time.
For
2008 a 200 page graphic-style history of the city has been specially commissioned
from local author Eugene Byrne with illustrations by Simon Gurr.
Eugene and Simon created a highly acclaimed graphic biography
of Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the Brunel 200 celebrations
in 2006.
Thousands of copies of The Bristol Story are being distributed
free of charge, while stocks last, to schools and colleges, libraries,
reading groups, the business community and members of the public.
See Availability for
details on where to obtain or borrow a copy.
The Great Reading Adventure started in 2003 with a
citywide reading of Treasure Island. The project is now a well
established part of Bristol's cultural calendar. Each year's
book is either set in Bristol, is by a Bristol author or is about
issues that are of interest to people in Bristol.
The Great Reading
Adventure aims to:
•
Develop standards of literacy through
the promotion of reading.
•
Stimulate new forms of creativity inspired
by the reading experience.
•
Use reading to facilitate
learning about the past.
•
Bring diverse communities
together through the act of reading and thereby foster
a sense of shared identity.
This website provides
downloads of the illustrated guide that has been produced as
part of the project, as well as more detailed background information
on the topics raised by the book and guide. It also contains
news of activities taking place.
In addition the website is being
used to encourage people to submit their own personal stories
of living in Bristol and to share urban myths about the city.
See My Bristol
for details of how to make a contribution and Education
for a showcase of work that has taken place in schools and other
centres of learning so far.
Visit the archived websites for the previous Great Reading Adventures
from the links below:
