Thor Hanson, author of The Impenetrable Forest and Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, was recently announced as a Guggenheim Fellow for science writing.
Orphan Train Finds Unpredicted Success
The story of American orphan trains is relatively unknown to the general public, yet shaped the lives of thousands of riders and the people they lived with. By merging history into fiction Christina Baker Kline has reached a whole new audience that enjoys learning while their imaginations are delighted. Which is why Orphan Train is often the most wait-listed book at libraries and has been a book club favorite across the country.
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Bootstrapper, a memoir by Mardi Jo Link, Earns Film Option
It’s a pivotal moment for an author’s book to be turned into a movie. Mardi Jo Link’s book, Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm, has now been optioned for a film with Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig. From Mardi Jo Link’s struggle to prevent foreclosure on her 100 year-old farm to gaining notoriety in her writing, and now watching her personal story being told on the big screen is an exceptional way for Mardi Jo to come full circle.
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Jamie Ford and Songs of Willow Frost
This month, Jamie Ford took a break from his busy touring schedule for Songs of Willow Frost to answer a few interview questions.
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John Shors Shares The Temple of a Thousand Faces’s Exotic Locations
Entranced by the exotic Asian settings of John Shors’ historical novels The Temple of A Thousand Faces, Beneath a Marble Sky, and more?
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Karen Joy Fowler Brings We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Around the Globe
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Where Am I Wearing? Where Am I Eating? Author Kelsey Timmerman on being an “Engaged Consumer” and the Power of All Campus Reads
We recently sat down with Kelsey Timmerman, journalist and author of two books, Where Are You Wearing? And Where Are You Eating?
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We Recommend: Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
Danny has never felt that he fit in. In Matt de la Pena’s Mexican WhiteBoy, Danny is a bi-racial teenager struggling to find his identity. After living with his mother in a primarily white culture he decides to spend the summer in Mexico. It is here he stays with his absent father’s family and meets Uno. While his friendship with Uno is founded on a mutual love of baseball, the boys relate to each other on a much deeper level, as their life struggles are similar. It is within the confines of their friendship that Danny learns to accept his multi-cultural background and instead of trying to separate the pieces, learns to trust and accept himself as a whole.
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Books In Common Supported Events!
Christina Baker Kline, NYT Best Selling author of Orphan Train, visited the community of Woodstock, CT in February. Coordinator Deb Sharpe: “Her presentation was loved by everyone. I have gotten several positive emails from our patrons already! I would highly recommend her to any library. Thanks for your help in getting her here!”
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Featured Venue: Mono County Community Reads
We recently chatted with Sulin Jones, senior librarian at the Mono County Free Library, about their community reads program. Mono County Community Reads recently hosted Luis Carlos Montalvan, author of Until Tuesday, in 2013, and will host David Carle, author of Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World, in April.
Books In Common: Would you tell us a bit about your program? For instance, how long has the Mono County Free Library been hosting a Community Reads event, how did it get started, and how have you seen it change since your involvement with it?
Sulin Jones: Mono County library first hosted a community read in 2008, when we received a grant to participate in the NEA’s Big Read.
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