Jaime Ford’s Song’s of Willow Frost was this year’s Community Read selection for Camarillo Library, located in California. Camarillo was a role model for nearby cities when it adapted “One City, One Book”; a program that encourages all members of the community to join together in reading and discussing one novel.
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The Great Falls Tribune has collected some of this year’s best books about Montana, or by Montana authors. Included among them is “Songs of Willow Frost” by NYT bestseller Jamie Ford. Catch it here!
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This past year, NYT bestselling author Jamie Ford (Songs of Willow Frost) took a break from a literary celebrity’s touring lifestyle to take a different sort of trip. Read More »
Jamie Ford’s much-anticipated second novel, Songs of Willow Frost, was released this month to advance praise. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, this historical novel is a powerful tale of a Chinese-American boy with dreams for his future, and a young woman trying to escape her haunted past and the cultural confines of her race. With many “teachable moments” embedded throughout this story of hope, forgiveness, and reaching for your dreams, Songs of Willow Frost is a wonderful book for students, and will appeal to a wide community audience.
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In the last decade, common reading programs have become a mainstay for library programming, literary organizations, and college campuses. The rise in First Year Experience, Freshman Reads, and All Campus Reads programs seems to correspond to the decline of core curricula in higher education — as colleges distance themselves from core curricula they find that students still need to have something in common academically. Books in common type programs on campuses have been a convenient answer to that need.
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Gail Robinson Butler, the coordinator for the One Book, One Campus, One Community program at West Kentucky Community and Technical College was gracious enough to offer these thoughts on her experience as an All Campus Reads organizer. Thanks Gail!
BIC: Any idea about how many campus literary events you’ve done over the years?
GRB: Over the years, WKCTC has conducted many campus literary events spanning various departments and divisions, including the library and the English Department. Those events are numerous and exciting. Many Kentucky and regional authors, such as Silas House and Bobbie Ann Mason, were brought to campus. Seven years ago, we decided to add to our literary offerings and produce a One Book, One Campus, One Community Read every other year. WKCTC has involved numerous community partners in both the planning and production of the event, including the Paducah-McCracken County Library, Paducah Public Schools, McCracken County Public Schools, McNet Library Network and more. On alternate years we produce a Campus Read, targeting English 101 students. New York Times best-selling authors David Baldacci, Jeannette Walls, Homer Hickam and Garth Stein have visited Paducah as a result of the reads.
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The wait for Songs of Willow Frost’s Advanced Reader edition is slowly drawing to an end. Read More »
Author Jamie Ford has become well-known in literary circles for his New York Times bestselling novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which is a popular choice with many book clubs, common reads, and all campus reads programs around the country. This September, you’ll have another reason to pay attention to him. His second novel, Songs of Willow Frost, will be published on September 10, 2013. Read More »
Vote for the Garfield High School’s Follet Challenge video! Hosting Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, as part of their One Book One School initiative inspired the Garfield High School to continue developing this program for their students. In addition to providing copies of Hotel on the Corner of […]
Read More »Great news for all you fans of Jamie Ford and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet! The release date for Jamie Ford’s next novel, Songs of Willow Frost, has been moved up to September 10, 2013.
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