Are you shaped by the books you read as a kid? These people think so.

As World Book Day comes around and concern mounts that children aren’t reading because of technology. Jonathan de Burca Butler talks to well-known faces about why reading made them who they are.

TOMORROW, school children will participate in World Book Day, which is now in its 18th year. It encourages children to explore the pleasure of books and reading.

An incentive for each pupil to visit bookshops is a €1 voucher that can be redeemed against a pre-selected list of ten books.