Search for Canterbury's favourite book
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Canterbury's favourite book Lord of the Rings, The Bible,
The Goat Hunter, Pride and Prejudice and The Da Vinci Code
are the early top five runners in Canterbury's search to
find the region's favourite book. In the 10 days since
voting opened for What's Your Favourite?, readers have
nominated almost 1000 books as their favourite.
Once the
top 20 are identified, these will be presented in a random
order and the public asked to vote again to find the top
book by the end of August. The winner will be announced on
Saturday, 9 September during The Press Christchurch Writers
Festival 2006 and will be posted on the www.whatsyours.co.nz
website. What's Your Favourite? has, as predicted with
Canterbury being a region of readers and book lovers,
attracted strong interest, says Christchurch Libraries
Manager Carolyn Robertson. "Readers are taking voting for
Canterbury's favourite book very seriously. They are picking
up the voting forms from the libraries and taking them home
to have a think about their vote. "A common comment is
that 'there are so many books from which to choose, the
choice is difficult'," she said. Classics such as To Kill
a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye and Wuthering
Heights, are ranked high as favourites, as are five of the
Harry Potter books, The Lovely Bones and The Time Traveler's
Wife.
Mrs Robertson said What's Your Favourite? is a
Canterbury-wide event, with Christchurch City Libraries
having got library colleagues in Waimakariri, Selwyn,
Ashburton and Timaru districts and their customers to
participate. She encourages all Canterbury residents to
take part in What's Your Favourite? so the reflects truly
reflect the favourite books of the region. "The more votes
we get, the better the result will be in representing the
favourite books of the region. "Libraries fulfil an
important role in helping those who love reading to broaden
their reading experience by introducing them to new and a
more diverse range of books. "What's Your Favourite? will
get people talking about their favourite books and whet the
appetites of others to enjoy new authors and genres," Mrs
Robertson says. Vote for their favourite books online at
www.whatsyours.co.nz, collect a voting paper from any
Christchurch City library or clip the coupon from The
Press. Ends
What's Your Favourite? is an initiative of
Christchurch City Libraries, The Press and Christchurch Book
Festival Trust to find the region's top 20 books by
Saturday, 5 August in the first phase of voting.