£1 books and Quick Reads for World Book Day

World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland, and this year takes place on Thursday 1st March, celebrating fifteen years of encouraging the young and old to share their love of books and reading.

World Book Day is a partnership of publishers, booksellers and interested parties who work together to promote books and reading for the personal enrichment and enjoyment of all.

The main aim of World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own.

World Book Day £1 Book Tokens will be distributed to all primary school children in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and offered to secondary schools and pre-school organisations who registered, to redeem against the specially published £1 Books. The tokens can be redeemed at any Waterstones bookshop in the UK and Ireland from Monday 27th February - Sunday 25th March 2012 (inclusive). For further information about World Book Day tokens please visit worldbookday.com.

Unfortunately we cannot accept World Book Day tokens online, either as payment for this year's £1 books, or as part payment on any other purchase, but we have listed all of the £1 books, just in case you want to buy an extra one or two for your children.

Quick Reads are brilliant buys for adults who have lost the habit of reading or just fancy a fast, fun read. Eight new books will be launched on World Book Day from bestselling authors including Tony Parsons, James Caan, Conn Iggulden, Alexander McCall Smith and Maeve Binchy. This year we also have the Quick Reads available in eBook format! See this year's full list below.