Bigger and better experience at Big Bad Wolf Sale 2018
Known as the world’s biggest book sale, the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is set to open to the public from June 28 to July 8, 2018, at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC) with 1.5 million books at 60 to 80 percent discounts.
Book lovers can enjoy 255 hours of non-stop book shopping at the sale, which will be open 24 hours a day throughout the 11 days of the event.
Selected invitees will have the chance to attend a special preview of the Sale on June 27, 2018, from 10:00a.m. to 11:00p.m., a day before it opens to the public.
Visitors can win preview passes through contests on the Big Bad Wolf Facebook page and through their media partners.
The media launch saw the attendance of Big Bad Wolf Books Founder and Managing Director Andrew Yap, Big Bad Wolf Books Partner Dipak Madhavan and Proread Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Director Nishan Wasalathanthri.
The event is supported by the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka. Event partners for the event includes, Bank of Ceylon as the official banking partner, Mobitel as the official telco partner, and The Capital Maharaja Organisation Ltd.
“We are truly excited to be back in Sri Lanka with an even bigger and better book sale this year. Last year’s event was a huge success and an eye-opener on how enthusiastic Sri Lankans are for good quality, affordable English books. We’ll be bringing over a wider range of titles for book lovers in Sri Lanka this time around,” said Andrew Yap. “We are grateful to our partners and other organisations who have pledged their support to empower Sri Lankans with more English learning opportunities.”
Speaking at the event was also Big Bad Wolf Books local partner, Proread Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd Director Nishan Wasalathanthri, who said: “We are pleased to bring the sale back to Sri Lanka for the second time. Last year was the first time a book sale of this scale had ever been held at Sri Lanka and we pulled off an unforgettable event. We invite people of all ages to visit the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale this time around for an even bigger and better experience.”
Held in October last year, the sale is returning earlier this year in June, much to the joy of eager readers. Readers can expect to find over 1.5 million new English books, ranging from fiction, bestsellers, literature, non-fiction, business books, cookbooks, art and design, coffee table books and more.
Parents can also expect an extensive collection of children’s books, including bedtime stories, colouring and activity books, educational books and interactive books, all at 60 to 80 percent bargains.
“We anticipated a high demand for children’s books last year, but we were surprised to find out that there was also an enormous demand for fiction titles, which flew off the shelves. We’ll be bringing over an exciting variety of fiction books and bestsellers to meet the demand of readers this year,” said Dipak Madhavan.
In an aim to make affordable English books available to all, Big Bad Wolf Books will also be giving books to communities in need through their Red Readerhood programme, supporting the The Capital Maharaja Organisation Ltd’s Gammadda initiative. Customers can participate in this worthy initiative by purchasing books at the sale and donating them at the Red Readerhood booth.
As part of another initiative to advocate greater English literacy among people of Sri Lanka, Big Bad Wolf Books will be working with the Ministry of Education to provide local O/L top scorers with an opportunity to visit the international book sale. Last year, Big Bad Wolf Books invited top scholarship scorers from flood-stricken areas to the sale and provided them with a trolley full of books to take home.
Book lovers will also stand a chance to nab limited edition books, exclusive Big Bad Wolf t-shirts and collector’s items at the Sale. Starting this year, they can collect official Big Bad Wolf shopping bags at the sale, with the introduction of limited edition reusable cloth bags to replace plastic bags in a commitment towards sustainability. Hungry readers can also enjoy a variety of meals and snacks at the outdoor food court that is powered by upay, organised by Hisham Cader of The Sandwich Factory.