BookLore
& The Big Read
BookLore unashamedly jumped on the BBC's bandwagon when
it did The Big Read. Why? Because it was a very fine
idea and generated an unprecedented interest in reading...
which can only be good. We have kept these pages as
a memento to this outstanding achievement by the BBC.
Admin
28th February 2006 |
Big Read Top Book
For
all those out there that may have missed it the Big Read
'winner' was JRR Tolkien’s Lord
of the Rings and is therefore the UK’s best-loved
book… or is that film?
At the end of the television series on 13th December 2003
three quarters of a million votes had been received via
The Web, SMS and phone. See the final positions here –
Top 21 by Result.
Admin
13th January 2004 |
Big Read Results
The
Big Read final show is to be broadcast on 13th December
2003 when the votes for the Top
21 books will be made known and the Nations Favourite
Read will be revealed. Vote
now if you want your book to win…
Admin
30th November 2003 |
Top 21 Revealed
Clive
Anderson revealed the Top
21 titles on BBC2 recently. Is your favourite title
there? Is the content of the list a surprise? Some notable
titles missing and surprisingly not a single Terry Pratchett
novel in the Top 21...
you can't please all the people I suppose.
Admin
31st October 2003 |
Clive
Anderson to Host The Big Read
Clive
Anderson is to host BBC2's coverage of The Big Read this
autumn. There are to be nine 90-minute programs, the first
detailing the Top 100
and revealing the Top 21
from the votes cast earlier in the year. Seven shows will
then feature 3 books from the Top
21 with each title being championed by a celebrity.
The final show at the end of the year will detail the
votes cast for the Top 21
books and reveal the overall winner and Nations Favourite
Read.
Admin
14th August 2003 |
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BookLore
Reviews in the Top 100
Check out all the books in the
Top 21 and the Top
100 that have BookLore reviews:
BookLore Big Read Reviews |
BookLore
Top 21 Big Read Lists
All the Top 21 books listed:
By Result
By Author
By Title |
BookLore
Top 100 Big Read Lists
All the Top 100 books listed:
By Author
By Title |
Big
Read Links:
BBCi
Big Read Website
BBCi
Top 100 List |
The
Big Read Sales
The
Big Read has increase book sales dramatically following
the publication of the Top
100 list on 17th May 2003.
The listed titles sold 500,000 copies in all editions
in the 4 weeks to 14th June 2003 almost twice the sales
for the previous month.
Admin
29th July 2003 |
BBC
4 - Battle of the Books
The Big Read Battle of
the Books is being
screened twice a week for twenty weeks on BBC 4. Forty
titles are pitched head-to-head while other related titles
on the list are discussed.
Admin
29th July 2003 |
The
Big Read Statistics
For
all you number crunchers out there here are a few facts
and figures for the Top
100 list:
140,000+ people voted
7,000 titles nominated
700 different editions of the Top
100 sold in 2002
Top 5 publishers (Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Random
House, Scholastic & Penguin) share more than 85%
of the titles' sales last year
Since publication of the list sales of the Top
100 titles have exceeded 500,000
Admin
29th July 2003 |
The
Big Read Book of Books
In
November the BBC are to publish The
Big Read Book of Books listing the Nations 100 favourite
books with author features, first manuscripts, original
artwork, settings, facts, stats... in fact, everything
you need to know about your favourite read. Order your
copy here.
Admin
29th July 2003 |
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