Join in the worldwide Reading while Waiting global event - Saturday 23rd August, 2008.

Auckland: Aotea Square, 3pm
Christchurch: Cathedral Square, 3pm
Wellington: Civic Square - outside City Gallery, 3pm

Or start your own group. All you need is a book – and 15 minutes to sit and read it.

Reading While Waiting

McGovern Online is backing the Read While Waiting project from the Random alphabets project in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia.

The project is simple – get as many people as possible to stop what they are doing at 3pm tomorrow, Saturday 23rd August, and start reading a book for 15 minutes.

The idea is to celebrate the liberating power of reading by emphasising that people can read anywhere at any time.

There is a brilliant YouTube video on the project here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh8I67xbGuM

In it there is a truly inspirational moment from Sean Connery where, during his acceptance speech to the Academy Awards lifetime achievement award, he says,
“When I was 5 years old, I was given a present – I learned to read. It is that simple, and that profound.”

Quite a performance.

What to do

All you need to do is stop what you are doing at 3pm tomorrow – find a public place and start reading. You can also go to one of the prearranged moments in Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington, or start your own group somewhere else?

Sharing the moment

You can share the moment by sending a picture or a little video to http://randomalphabets.com