![]() ![]() who don't read and I'm enormously proud of the role I've played in establishing this incredible celebration of books and reading." It has never been more important to engage the third of people in the U.K. Together they can do great things to encourage people who don't read to share our passion for books and stories." Kingsford told the Bookseller that she is "excited to see how this will enable the work it does to reach and inspire more new readers than ever before as well as build an even bigger army of volunteers. The Reading Agency intends to grow that army into a pivotal force for social change, reaching and inspiring the people who right now don't enjoy reading." Tom Weldon, CEO of Penguin Random House UK, observed that WBN's "annual people's army supported by the year-round dedication of the Reading Agency creates a real force to be reckoned with. "We all owe Julia Kingsford and World Book Night's trustees a huge vote of thanks for creating a quite remarkable volunteer army of reading enthusiasts. "We're honored to be World Book Night's new home," said TRA CEO Miranda McKearney. TRA has recruited a new project manager to work exclusively on WBN, with Sandy Mahal supporting relationships in the book trade and Genevieve Clarke supporting the adult literacy area. WBN CEO Julia Kingsford is stepping down, but will continue to work until January. charity "whose mission is to give everyone an equal chance to become a reader." Plans call for the legal process to be concluded by the end of the year, after which the program will be managed exclusively by TRA. World Book Night will become part of the Reading Agency, an independent U.K. ![]()
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