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Competition Winners..

It is my pleasure to announce the Book Club competition ‘What Reading means to me’ winners:

1st- Nick Barton

Nick produced a piece titled “The Strangers we’ve become’- Jo Canning (judge) said the piece is “A powerful and imaginative response that explores the relationship between books and real life in an engaging narrative format.”

Congratulations Nick- You will be receiving the following prize:

A copy of:

And the Mountains Echoed- Khaled Hosseini

The Cuckoo’s Calling- Robert Galbraith

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D Salinger

Norwegian Wood- Haruki Murakami

Atonement- Ian McEwan

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest- Ken Kesey

The fault in our Stars- John Green

City of Bones- Cassandra Clare

A million little pieces- James Frey


2nd- Samantha Wiltshire

Samantha produced a poem entitled “Read me, Read me”. Jo Canning said “'Read me, Read me' is a brilliantly titled poem about the joys of reading. I especially love the first stanza, which I'd like to see displayed on posters around the library!”
 

Congratulations Samantha- you will be receiving the following prize:

£25 Waterstones Voucher


3rd- Samantha Vickery

Samantha produced a reflective piece entitled “What Reading means to me”. Jo Canning said “An engaging, thoughtful and lucid personal account of growing up with books.”

Congratulations Samantha, you will be receiving the following prize:

£15 Waterstones Voucher

Congratulations again to all the winners and massive thanks and well done to all the other entrants. What a great way to share our mutual love of reading!

The prizes will be awarded the week beginning 16th June at the Yeovil College Learning Centre, where marketing and pictures will be involved!


-Carey








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