It's 2012, and the Dickens bicentennial is officially upon us!
That means that the Dickens Bicentennial Charity Fundraiser has begun. I've set up my personal fundraising page here. My own goal is to read 72 chapters of Dickens this year to raise money for the Somaly Mam Foundation. As I've read all the novels, I'll be doing my reading in Sketches by Boz, Selected Journalism 1850-1870, Selected Short Fiction, and possibly in other books of essays and short stories.
You can sponsor me, or you can choose your own charity from the official list and do your own readathon! (Remember, you don't have to start today; you can start any time during the year.) When you get your page set up, please put the link in the comment section below so we can keep track of everyone's efforts.
And don't forget, for every Dickensblog guest post that you write this year, I'll give $10 to any charity you pick from that list. (I had originally said $5, but I've since changed it to $10.) Ideas for guest posts may also be submitted in the comment section. For those of you with artistic gifts, we'll also do some graphics challenges to raise money. So get those creative juices flowing!
Happy New Year and happy reading!
Oh, and by the way: This is the 1000th post at Dickensblog.
Hooray for 2012 and the Bicentennial! And congratulations on the 1000th post! :)
I was hoping to contribute a post reviewing The World of Charles Dickens by Angus Wilson, Great Expectations: A Novel of Friendship, and Two Histories of England by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens (specifically his piece)? I could make the reviews short into one post or three different posts.
Posted by: Selenia | January 05, 2012 at 08:18 PM
It depends: How in-depth do you want to go with them? If you only want to do one or two paragraphs on each, one review might do it; if you want to do more, better make it two or three posts.
Posted by: Gina | January 05, 2012 at 10:26 PM
What a specific site - cool!
I came to your blog from Jon Acuff’s site. He has created a tremendous forum for sharing our blogs and impacting more people with them.
I hope my blog can be an encouragement to you also.
I write it for encouragement and motivation daily.
http://i-never-fail.blogspot.com
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to watching the connections grow!
Posted by: Craig | January 24, 2012 at 05:15 PM
Welcome, Craig! Thanks for stopping by and commenting! :-)
Posted by: Gina | January 24, 2012 at 08:40 PM