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The Lost World Read 2009 is the widest reaching mass-participation reading project to have taken place in Britain.

Find out about the different locations where the project is being run here.

Bristol and the South West
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Portsmouth and Hampshire
Shropshire
Westminster

Go to What's On for details of the activities and events that are happening in your area.

Statue of Darwin in the centre of Shrewsbury, his home town (Britain on View).

Statue of Darwin in the centre of Shrewsbury, his home town (Britain on View).

Statue of Sherlock Holmes outside 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh where Conan Doyle was born (Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust 2008).

Statue of Sherlock Holmes outside 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh where Conan Doyle was born (Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust 2008).




 
Your area not listed?
The Lost World Read 2009 is only taking place in the locations listed on this page. Local authorities and other local and regional partners in these areas are funding it between them. If your area is not listed, you won't be able to get a copy of the free books but you can still access this website and use the downloads on it, including the free audio downloads and the simplified edition of the novel. Most library services will stock a full-text edition of The Lost World so you can read the book by borrowing it.

A Lost World Read 2009 banner in Bristol city centre.

A Lost World Read 2009 banner in Bristol city centre.

T-Rex gets stuck into The Lost World at the Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester.

T-Rex gets stuck into The Lost World at the Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester.


The Wookey Hole roaring dinosaur helps launch the Lost World Read in North Somerset.

The Wookey Hole roaring dinosaur helps launch the Lost World Read in North Somerset.



Dinosaur footprints