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| Date: |
11/4/2009 |
| Contact Name: |
Betsy Thompson |
| Number: |
712-255-2933 x 255 |
Area Readers Vote for 2010 One Book One Siouxland Selection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Contact(s): Betsy Thompson, Sioux City Public Library Director 712.255.2933 ext. 255
Dave Mixdorf, South Sioux City Public Library Director 402.494.7545
Juanita Grewing, North Sioux City Public Library Director 605.422.2366
Area Readers Vote for 2010 One Book One Siouxland Selection
Sioux City, IA November 4, 2009—
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the One Book One Siouxland community-wide reading initiative, the Sioux City Public Library, South Sioux City Public Library, and North Sioux City Public Library are giving area readers the opportunity to help determine the 2010 selection. “The Planning Committee has narrowed it down to five possible titles; the rest is up to you,” said North Sioux City Public Library Director Juanita Grewing. “Any one of these books will offer much to discuss in local coffee shops and libraries, or wherever people gather.”
Visit your public library November 4 – 25 and vote for one of the following: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris, and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Dave Mixdorf, South Sioux City Public Library Director, noted that the list includes two classics, two contemporary novels and one that is on its way to becoming a classic. Fahrenheit 451, A Lesson Before Dying and The Book Thief are themselves stories about reading.
“We’ll build events and book discussions around the winning book,” explained Sioux City Public Library Director Betsy Thompson. “Our discussion leaders are preparing for any one of these. Election results and our 2010 program will be announced in December.”
The goal of One Book One Siouxland is to share ideas and build community through the experience of reading and discussing the same book. Whether there is a movie tie-in this year will depend on which title is selected. Ballots are available at each public library; voters may download a ballot online at www.onebookonesiouxland.org.
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