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The Books In Common Newsletter

First-Time Event Organizer, Sarah Clevidence, of Findlay-Hancock Reads

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BIC: Would you tell us a bit about your program?

Sarah: The Community Read was started in March 2003 as a way to celebrate the Community Foundation’s ten-year anniversary, bring attention to the fact that illiteracy is an issue in Findlay and Hancock County and help promote the Hancock READS endowment fund.

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National Book Critic Circle Honors Author Reyna Grande

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For the past few months, one of our favorite titles for Campus/Freshman Reads programs, as well as One City, One Book events, has been Reyna Grande’s, The Distance Between Us.  This is Reyna’s third published work, and though she’s a well-known and highly regarded Latina author, her work hasn’t gotten the broader attention we think it deserves. But that’s about to change with the recent announcement of this year’s shortlist for the National National Book Critics Circle Awards, which includes, The Distance Between Us.

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