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The 2008 National Year of Reading is a year-long celebration of reading, in all its forms．It aims to help build a greater national passion for reading in England－for children, families and adult learners alike．The following are some of the events．
＊The Big Picture Best New Illustrator(插图画家)
Date：17 April, 2008－3May, 2008
Location：22Bury Street
Details：
Booktrust(the organizer)is pleased to announce that the famous Best New Illustrators will be featured at an exhibition at the Illustration Cupboard, London’s only gallery dedicated(把…用于)to the art of illustration．
＊The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008
Date：8 May, 2008
Location：14 Great Peter Street
Details：
The Independent Foreign Ficton Prize celebrates the exceptional(杰出的)works of fiction by living authors(作者)which have been translated into English from another language and published in the Uk in 2007．
Some of them are：Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway from the German; The Model by Lars Saabye Christensen, translated by Don Barlett from the Norwegian, and The Way of the Women by Marlene van Niekerk, translated by Michiel Heyns from the Afrikaans．
The award ceremony will be held at a central London location－14 Great Peter Street．
＊Reading of The Moon Has Written You a Poem
Date：14 May, 2008
Location：180 South Lambeth Road
Details：
Two poets Jose Jorge Letria and Maurice Riordan will read The Moon Has Written You a Poem．This book of young people’s poetry was the first Portuguese picture book ever to be published in the UK．It really is a gem(精品)to be read out loud．
＊Football Reading Family Fun Day
Date：10 May, 2008
Location：Chelsea Library
Details：
A day of football reading activities with TomPalmer, author of the new football novel, Foul Play．There will be Penalty shoot-outs(罚点球决定胜负), quizzes, detective hunts and prizes．The day is open to 8-12 years and their families．
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