WHO: From Kodiak, Alaska, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 5,000 towns and cities across America, volunteers will give away half a million free books on one day: April 23, 2012. Come meet those volunteers and hear the stories of where they will be distributing their books - as varied and colorful as the people themselves, and as engaging as their book choices.

WHAT: World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give away half a million free, specially printed books across America. Volunteer book lovers will help promote reading by going into their communities and handing out free copies of a book they enjoy to new or light readers, reaching them especially in underserved places - and even some fun spots. The volunteers will be picking up their books at a local bookstore or library in order to share them in locations as diverse as VA hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, ballparks, mass transit, diners, and more.

Fiction Addiction is proud to be a community partner for the first World Book Night in the U.S., following the impressive launch of this campaign by our bookstore, library, author, and publisher colleagues in the UK and Ireland last year.

Fiction Addiction will be hosting a World Book Night Giver Reception the week before World Book Night, in preparation for the givers going out into the community on April 23.

WHEN: Monday, April 16th, 6-7:30pm

WHERE: Fiction Addiction, 1020A Woodruff Rd, Greenville, SC 29607

CONTACT: Jill Hendrix, 864-675-0540, info@fiction-addiction.com

WHO IS INVITED: The media and all local World Book Night givers are invited to Fiction Addiction's World Book Night Giver Reception to meet other givers and discuss your giving plans. Those givers who chose Fiction Addiction as a pickup location may also pick up their books at that time, but the reception is open to all givers, no matter their designated pickup location. We will be serving wine and light refreshments.

For more information, please go to www.worldbooknight.org