Dear Sraffies,
The first World Book Night is taking place this year, on the 5th of March. One million books are being given away for free across the UK and Ireland by book-loving members of the public. With 40,000 copies of Northern Lights being distributed, we hope to have a lot of new readers to the trilogy. It would be great if we could tell them about Bridge To The Stars.
So how can you help support BttS?
If you’re a giver
If you’re giving out Northern Lights, we’d love to hear from you! You could help us by spreading the word about BridgeToTheStars.net – whether it’s telling people about us, or by putting our web address onto a slip of paper inside the books you’re giving. We’d love to hear about your World Book Night experiences, and why you chose Northern Lights to give out.
For everyone else
Even if you’re not a giver, you can still do the above if you find someone giving out Northern Lights! Just because you’re not giving doesn’t mean you can’t attend one of the many World Book Night events being hosted all over the UK and Ireland, so find out if one is happening near you. The biggest will be happening in London on Friday the 4th of March, which Philip Pullman will be attending, and there are 5000 spaces up for grabs for anyone who turns up (doors open at 5pm). I will be attending, so I hope to see some of you there!
You can discuss World Book Night on our forum here.
Jaya
In celebration of BridgeToTheStars.Net’s relaunch, our forum’s bookclub are re-reading His Dark Materials. Books are normally read bi-monthly in the Republic of Heaven Bookclub, but this time we’re devoting March, April and May to the re-read of Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass respectively.
If you would like to take part in our re-read, head over to the forum, but remember, you need to be logged into the forum to see the Book Club board.
One of our Sraffies, Energy, has been working on scenes cut from the Golden Compass movie and trying to rebuild the film that director Chris Weitz originally intended. While the fanedit is available to watch on YouTube, you will be able to download it exclusively on Bridge To The Stars here.
The original ending to the movie, similar to the book’s ending, was removed three months before the final cut was made, and Energy’s video takes a look at what it could have been if the studio had not forced major cuts.
For more information on the project, go here (Energy’s website about the project) or here (discussion on our forum about the fan-edit).
