(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - On Saturday, October 6, 2012, the Ketchikan Public Library will be joining over 1,200 bookstores and libraries across the United States in hosting events in celebration of a national Star Wars Reads Day.  The Ketchikan Public Library's event includes a costume contest, trivia, giveaways, and a chance to win great Star Wars prizes. The event will take place at 629 Dock Street at 3:00 pm Saturday.

Star Wars Reads Day is an initiative of Lucasfilm and its publishing partners to celebrate reading and Star Wars.  Participating publishers include Abrams, Chronicle Books, Dark Horse Comics, Del Rey, DK, Klutz, Random House Audio, Scholastic, Titan Magazines, and Workman.

“Star Wars Reads Day is the perfect way to celebrate with our Star Wars fans” says Carol Roeder, Director of Publishing at Lucasfilm. “Our publishing program has always been an essential component of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, as there are so many more stories to tell than what we experience in the films, TV series, and games.  We at Lucasfilm are proud to be a part of initiatives like Star Wars Reads Day and hope that it will encourage more young people to read.”

There are currently over 120 million Star Wars books in print and more than 110 Star Wars titles have been New York Times bestsellers.

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Star Wars Reads Day
http://www.starwars.com/reads/

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