THIS week people across the country will be celebrating World Book Night.

World Book Night brings people from all backgrounds together to inspire others to read more.

Each year books are donated to to organisations across the UK that can reach people who don't regularly read for pleasure or have access to books.

Reading for pleasure is said to be a globally recognised indicator in a huge range of social issues from poverty to mental health.

However, around 36% of people in England don't read regularly.

The night aims to bring people of all backgrounds with hopes of encouraging other people to read more.

Organisations and individuals hold events up and down the country to celebrate the difference that reading makes to our lives, from book themed parties at home to books swaps in offices.

Organisations can volunteer to hand out books from our annual list to people who don’t read for pleasure or own books.

World Book Night was conceived of by Jamie Byng and it came out of a round table discussion at the Book Industry Conference in May 2010, the purpose of which was to imagine a way to encourage more adults to read.

The name took its lead from the well-established and successful children’s reading celebration in UK and Ireland called World Book Day.

So as day is for children, then night is for adults and night is also when we traditionally think about celebrations.

These photos show how people have enjoyed World Book Night in our area. Let us know if you feature in any of the photos or know the people that do, we'd love to hear from you.