Star Wars Reads Day coming Oct. 5

This Saturday marks the second Star Wars Reads Day.

Star Wars fans, authors and artists will gather at hundreds of events throughout the U.S. and Canada to to celebrate literacy on Oct. 5, 2013. Here is an updated list of place participating,  according to StarWars.com.

Last year, 30 authors and 1,500 costumed volunteers participated in over 1,200 Star Wars Reads Day events.

“Reading and Star Wars have gone hand-in-hand since 1976, when the novelization of the original Star Wars movie was released,” said Carol Roeder, director of publishing at Lucasfilm.

Participating publishing partners include Abrams, Chronicle Books, Dark Horse, Del Rey, DK, Quirk Books, Random House Audio, Scholastic, Titan Magazines, and Workman.