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National Book Tokens is a currency-backed voucher scheme, and successor to the book token programme, that is available in the UK and Ireland. They are solely owned and issued by Book Tokens Ltd (part of the Booksellers Association Group of Companies). National Book Tokens are sold and accepted for exchange in almost all UK bookshops, including ...
The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland (BA) is a trade body founded to promote retail bookselling in the United Kingdom and Ireland.It operates the National Book Token scheme in the UK and sponsors the Whitbread Award [1] The BA represents 95% of British retail booksellers. [2]
Book Tokens Ltd (part of the Booksellers Association Group of Companies) was established as the sole issuer of book tokens in the UK. They have now grown into one of the largest multi-retail gift cards in the UK and Ireland and were renamed "National Book Tokens" in 2000, the year the tokens were also sold online for the first time by firstbookshop.com.
World Book Day is not funded by the British Government although the Quick Reads element does receive support from ACE, DIUS and NIACE. The funding for World Book Day activities comes from the major sponsor, National Book Tokens [5] and the UK book trade (publishers and booksellers). Funding also comes from Foras na Gaeilge, An Post and Vision ...
The Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards are annual literary awards presented by the Booksellers Association in the UK and Ireland since 2016. [1] They are sponsored by National Book Tokens . History and administration
Quick Reads were launched in the UK and Ireland by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair on World Book Day 2006. Through mid-2020, over 100 titles have been published, over 4.8 million copies have been sold and over 5 million copies have been loaned through libraries.
Ross' wife Sorcha wants a divorce, and he worries that he may have impregnated her sister. His mother Fionnuala falls deeper into dementia, while his father Charles (still Taoiseach) cultivates a relationship with Boris Johnson following Ireland's withdrawal from the European Union. He and his former rugby teammates walk the Camino after ...
In 1804, the Bank of Ireland introduced silver tokens for 6 shillings which were overstrikes on Spanish dollars. These were followed by 5, 10 and 30 pence Irish tokens. The last halfpennies and pennies were minted in 1823. The 1822–23 issue marked the last appearance of the symbol of a crowned harp, which represented the Kingdom of Ireland.