IF YOU love to read and you haven’t had your head in a book lately, Central Northern Regional Library (CNRL) has just the book to get you going again.
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The Rosie Project, by New Zealand-born Graeme Simsion, is a book that will appeal to both men and women, and CNRL manager Kay Delahunt believes it will not only attract lapsed readers, but will tempt those who mainly read information books to venture into the world of the imagination.
“Reading fiction is not only entertaining; research shows that fiction readers develop more insight into the society in which they live and develop higher levels of empathy,” Ms Delahunt said.
In a bid to entice people back to the books, CNRL is running a One Book One Region community promotion designed to get everyone on the same page ... literally.
The one-book program takes the idea of a book discussion group and expands it to cover an entire region. Three hundred copies of The Rosie Project will be distributed to CNRL branches, as well as other locations throughout the region.
About one third of the books will be on the library catalogue and available for borrowing, with the rest left at mystery locations in the region for the general public to take, read and pass on.
Multiple copies of the e-audio book will also be available from the library’s website.
The Rosie Project was the most borrowed book from Australian libraries in the first quarter of 2015 and is an account of the attempts of a professor of genetics, Don Tillman, to find a wife.
Tilman designed the Wife Project using a 16-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner.
The Wife Project teaches the professor some unexpected things – why he’s never been on a second date, and why, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love: love finds you.
The One Book One Region promotion will include opportunities for book discussion and comment and author Graeme Simsion will be at Tamworth Regional Library on August 1, where he will discuss The Rosie Effect, which is the sequel to The Rosie Project.
Simsion’s wife, Anne Buist, will also attend to discuss her latest novel, Medea’s Curse.
The Rosie Project began life as a screenplay, winning the Australian Writers Guild/Inscription Award for Best Romantic Comedy, before being adapted into a novel.
It went on to win the 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript and has since been sold around the world to more than 40 countries.
Sony Pictures has optioned the film rights, with Simsion contracted to write the script.
The Rosie Project won the 2014 ABIA for Best General Fiction Book, and was ultimately awarded the Australian Book Industry’s Book of the Year for 2014.
