A city-wide reading initiative has been revived in Bristol as part of a £2m arts investment programme in the city. The Great Reading Adventure was initiated last year as part of the city’s failed bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2008.
As many as 200,000 people are thought to have read Treasure Island, or extracts from it, as part of the 2003 scheme. 2,000 free copies of this year’s novel, John Wyndham’s 1950s sci-fi classic, The Day of the Triffids (pictured), will... more