Read with Me is CODE’s reading promotion campaign designed to promote the love and habit of reading by providing encouragement and inspiration. The campaign features “Reading Champions” from Africa, the Caribbean, and Canada. A Reading Champion is anyone interested in promoting reading for pleasure, including young readers, celebrities, writers, teachers, librarians, students, civil servants, even entire organizations can be reading champions.
We are using social media to spread the word and to feature our reading champions. We’re also encouraging in-person appearances and events.
Pick one (or many) of the options below and send us your post. We’ll share on our website, facebook page, twitter, youtube and Instagram. Our celebrity reading champions will also share your post on their network. We’re going to make a draw at the end of March 2018 and choose three of the best reading champion submissions to win one of three great prizes!
CODE’s Burt Award social media accounts:
Facebook
@CODEBurtAwards
#ReadWithMe
Twitter
@CODEBurtAwards
#ReadWithMe
Instagram
@CODEBurtAwards
#ReadWithMe
Here’s how to promote the love of reading through your social media network.
Level A – Take a photo holding a book and tag your post @CODEBurtAwards with #ReadWithMe. We’ll repost and share your content. Follow @CODEBurtAwards on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and share our content. You can take individual photos or group photos.*
Level B – Do the same as Level A, AND write a few sentences explaining why you are a reader and why reading is important to you.
Level C - Create a short video (using a phone or a camera). You can use these questions to guide the content of your video – or make up your own questions.
Level D – In-person events
Promote literacy and a love of reading by gathering together to share the reading experience.
For more information contact: Lynn O’Rourke LORourke@code.ngo or Claire Bolton Cbolton@code.ngo
Request support materials regionally through CODE’s local partners:
Ethiopia: CODE-Ethiopia
P.O. Box 9443, Arat Kilo Square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Codeethiopia2010.11@gmail.com / nemabehutiye@gmail.com
+251 111 266 563 / +251 0919 -34-38-49 / +2510913-00-39-51
www.code-ethiopia.org
Ghana: Ghana Book Trust
No. 16 IPS Road, Legon, Accra, Ghana
P.O. Box LG536, Legon, Accra, Ghana
info@ghanabooktrust.com
+233 302 502 495 / +233 244 383 724
www.ghanabooktrust.com
Kenya: National Book Development Council of Kenya
Golf Course Phase 1, Ngobit Estate, House No. 116B, Nairobi, Kenya
P.O. Box 10904-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
info@nationalbookcouncilkenya.org
+254 770 108556
www.nationalbookcouncilkenya.org
Tanzania: Children's Book Project for Tanzania
Kijitonyama Area, Plot No. 271, Block 44, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
childrensbooktz@gmail.com
+ 255 222 773 392
www.cbp.or.tz
Caribbean: Bocas Lit
Anna Lucie-Smith
(868) 222-7099
info@bocaslitfest.com
www.bocaslitfest.com
In Canada: CODE
Lynn O’Rourke
Claire Bolton
321 Chapel Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 7Z2
613-232-3569 or 1 800-661-2633
LORourke@code.ngo or Cbolton@code.ngo