Amy’s Diary | Maureen Lee |
Beyond the Bounty | Tony Parsons |
Bloody Valentine | James Patterson |
Buster Fleabags | Rolf Harris |
The Cave | Kate Mosse |
Chickenfeed | Minette Walters |
Cleanskin | Val McDermid |
The Cleverness of Ladies | Alexander McCall Smith |
Clouded Vision | Linwood Barclay |
A Cool Head | Ian Rankin |
The Dare | John Boyne |
Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes | Justin Richards |
Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek | Gareth Roberts |
Doctor Who: Made of Steel | Terrance Dicks |
Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels | Jacqueline Rayner |
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Judoon | Terrance Dicks |
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Games | Jacqueline Rayner |
A Dream Come True | Maureen Lee |
Follow Me | Sheila O’Flanagan |
Full House | Maeve Binchy |
Get the Life You Really Want | James Caan |
Girl on the Platform | Josephine Cox |
The Grey Man | Andy McNab |
Hell Island | Matthew Reilly |
Hello Mum | Bernardine Evaristo |
How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps | John Bird |
Humble Pie | Gordon Ramsay |
Jack and Jill | Lucy Cavendish |
Kung Fu Trip | Benjamin Zephaniah |
Last Night Another Soldier | Andy McNab |
Life’s New Hurdles | Colin Jackson |
Life’s Too Short | Val McDermid, Editor |
Lily | Adèle Geras |
The Little One | Lynda La Plante |
Men at Work | Mike Gayle |
Money Magic | Alvin Hall |
My Dad’s a Policeman | Cathy Glass |
One Good Turn | Chris Ryan |
The Perfect Holiday | Cathy Kelly |
The Perfect Murder | Peter James |
Quantum of Tweed: The Man with the Nissan Micra | Conn Iggulden |
RaW Voices: True Stories of Hardship | Vanessa Feltz |
Reading My Arse! | Ricky Tomlinson |
Star Sullivan | Maeve Binchy |
Strangers on the 16:02 | Priya Basil |
The Sun Book of Short Stories | |
Survive the Worst and Aim for the Best | Kerry Katona |
The 10 Keys to Success | John Bird |
Tackling Life | Charlie Oatway |
Traitors of the Tower | Alison Weir |
Trouble on the Heath | Terry Jones |
Twenty Tales of the War Zone | John Simpson |
We Won the Lottery | Danny Buckland |
Quick Reads are brilliantly written short new books by bestselling authors and celebrities. Whether you’re an avid reader who wants a quick fix or haven’t picked up a book since school, sit back, relax and let Quick Reads inspire you.
We would like to thank all our funders:
We would also like to thank all our partners in the Quick Reads project for their help and support:
NIACE • unionlearn • National Book Tokens
The Reading Agency • National Literacy Trust
Welsh Books Council • Welsh Government
The Big Plus Scotland • DELNI • NALA
We want to get the country reading
Quick Reads, World Book Day and World Book Night are initiatives designed to encourage everyone in the UK and Ireland – whatever your age – to read more and discover the joy of books.
Quick Reads
launches on
14 February 2012
Find out how you can get involved at
www.
quickreads
.org.uk
World Book Day
is on
1 March 2012
Find out how you can get involved at
www.
worldbookday
.com
World Book Night
is on
23 April 2012
Find out how you can get involved at
www.
worldbooknight
.org
Enjoy this book? Find out about all the others from
Free courses are available for anyone who wants to develop their skills. You can attend the courses in your local area.
If you’d like to find out more, phone 0800 66 0800.
For more information on developing your skills in Scotland
visit
www.
thebigplus
.com
Join the Reading Agency’s Six Book Challenge at
Publishers Barrington Stoke and New Island
also provide books for new readers.
www.
barringtonstoke
.co.uk
•
www.
newisland
.ie
The BBC runs an adult basic skills campaign.