On Saturday 26 October,
Berkelouw Books will welcome nine of Room to Read’s Writer Ambassadors to its stores around Sydney, in support of this global nonprofit’s mission to bring literacy to millions more children across Asia and Africa.
“Booktober is a worldwide opportunity to address the fact the 775 million people in the world are illiterate and that 67 million primary school aged children woke up this morning and didn’t go to school,” said Cory Heyman, Room to Read’s Chief Program Officer. “By joining or leading a Booktober event, participants can be part of the solution to this social injustice.
Since it was founded in 2000, Room to Read has:
- benefitted 7.8 million children.
- distributed over 13 million books
- built over 15,000 libraries and
- 1650 schools
- supported 22,500 girls to complete secondary school.
Berkelouw Booktober Event Schedule Saturday October 26, 10.30am to 12pm. Authors will speak at 11am.
Deborah Abela and Susanne Gervay at Berkelouw Paddington
19 Oxford Street, Paddington (9360 3200)
Pamela Cook at Berkelouw Cronulla
29 Cronulla Street, Cronulla (9544 4790)
Sarah Davis at Berkelouw Leichhardt
70 Norton Street, Leichhardt (9560 3200)
Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell at Berkelouw Balgowlah
24/215 Condamine St, Balgowlah
(9948 1133)
James
Knight at Berkelouw Rose Bay
708 New South Head Rd, Rose Bay (9371 5500)
John Larkin at Berkelouw Dee Why
3/11 Howard Avenue, Dee Why (9982 3568)
Oliver Phommavanh at Berkelouw Mona Vale
12/14 Park Street, Mona Vale (9979 2112)
Visit www.berkelouw.com.au