For local mystery author Michael Lister, giving back to the community and storytelling are two things that run in his blood.
Lister recently launched the “Blood for Blood Club,” an outreach project that donates one of his mysteries in the John Jordan “Blood” series of books to anyone anywhere in the world willing to donate blood. The program debuts Thursday, when Lister will host a blood drive and book signing at the Bay County Public Library.
“The worldwide need for blood is tremendous,” Lister said. “Every single second of every day, people around the world need blood transfusions to survive. And that need is growing by the second.”
His Blood for Blood Club encourages readers to donate blood by giving books to those who give of themselves. Anyone who donates blood can register on the website, BloodforBlood.Club, and Lister will send them one of the books in his acclaimed John Jordan Mystery series.
“I absolutely love the scope of this,” Lister said in a news release about the program. “Anyone in the world can participate in this worthy project. And it’s absolutely free. … There are no strings. You give blood. I give you a ‘Blood’ book. It’s that simple.”
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