Adam Shepard author of, Scratch Beginnings, answered questions for Books In Common on his experiences and the impact of Community Reads programs.
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Author Interview: Lisa Bloom
Lisa Bloom author of, Suspicion Nation, took time out of her busy schedule to give insight on her book and speaking engagements for Books In Common.
Read More »Venue Interview: Kitsap Regional Library
Would you tell us a bit about your program? For instance how long has the Kitsap Regional Library System hosted a Community Reads event, how did it get started, and how has it changed over the years?
One Book, One Community started in 2008 with, To Kill a Mockingbird. The idea was to gather the community to celebrate National Book Month. We have refined our criteria over the year and now alternate between fiction and nonfiction titles. We like a Pacific Northwest connection though that’s not written in stone. We have a much better response from patrons when we choose a live author who visits the community. We have also started fine tuning our programming, focusing more on the opportunity to actually discuss the book and hear the author and not so much on tangential thematic programming.
Read More »A Look At: Fredrick Reads
Would you tell us a bit about your program? For instance how long has Frederick been hosting a Community Reads event, how did it get started, and how have you seen it change since your involvement with it?
Frederick Reads started about nine years ago, in a bagel shop. Several friends were discussing a recent report that was in the news, stating that the average American adult reads less than one book per year. (The report was “Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America”, published by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2004).
Read More »Finding Common Ground: Using Themes to Guide your Author Selection
Gearing up for your next Common Reads selection? For most event coordinators, this means winnowing down a long list of titles to a short list of authors, who often write on wildly different topics. How do you choose? Incorporating a theme can play an integral role in meeting your program’s goals. Instead of considering thousands of books, using a theme can narrow down your choices with titles that help focus the important goals you’d like to achieve with the program. Themes also offer a fresh perspective on your program, additional marketing opportunities, and chances for collaboration with new partners.
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From the Page to Stage: When Writers Speak
A talented writer does not a speaker make. Go to enough literary events, and you’re bound to experience this first hand. You love the work, have read the author’s novels or memoir and recommended the titles to everyone you know. But when you see them in person? Just. Not. The Same. It’s unfortunate, but occasionally it happens. Authors, after all, frequently live an existence of isolation, in communion with the page alone. But as all literary event coordinators know, the best way to ensure success of any community or campus reads programs is to include the author for a community event. But what if the author is a terrible speaker?
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Author Interview: Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler, the author of We are All Completely Beside Ourselves, recently answered questions from Books in Common about her book and speaking experiences at Community Reads and All Campus Reads programs.
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A Look At: One Book Yuma
Books in Common had the opportunity to ask Sarah Wisdom, of One Book Yuma, some questions on setting up their Community Reads programs and the response in her community.
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Books Reviews
BIC reviews, Wool, by Hugh Howey; Gaining Ground, by Forrest Pritchard and The Distance Between Us, by Reyna Grande.
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