Public Information and Communication
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 6, 2012
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tessa Terry
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
2013 One Book One Nebraska
Announced
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather is Nebraska's reading choice for the
2013 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program.
Cather's
O Pioneers! is the story of the Bergsons, a family of
Swedish pioneers that settles on the American prairie. While Alexandra, the
family matriarch, turns the family farm into a financial success, her
brother Emil struggles. A novel surprisingly ahead of its time, this work
touches on a wide range of enduring themes-love, marriage, temptation, and
isolation.
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center
for the Book, is now in its ninth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the
state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska
authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the
Nebraska Center for the Book selected the finalists from a list of twelve
titles nominated by sixty Nebraskans from across the state. The Nebraska
Center for the Book board announced the choice for the 2013 One Book One
Nebraska at the Celebration of Nebraska Books on November 3 in Lincoln.
Libraries across Nebraska will join the Willa Cather Foundation, Nebraska
Center for the Book, and other literary and cultural organizations in
planning book discussions, activities, and events that will encourage
Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Support materials to assist with
local reading/discussion activities will be available after January 1, 2013
at
http://onebook.nebraska.gov.
Updates and activity listings will be posted on the One Book One Nebraska
Facebook group at
http://www.facebook.com/onebookonenebraska.
One Book One Nebraska is sponsored by Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska
Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Association, and Nebraska Library
Commission. The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at and supported by
the Nebraska Library Commission and brings together the state's readers,
writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and
scholars to build the community of the book, supporting programs to
celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written
word.
As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate
for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the
Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of
library and information services, bringing together people and information.
For more information, contact
Mary Jo Ryan, 402-471-3434 or 800-307-2665,
www.centerforthebook.nebraska.gov or
http://www.facebook.com/NebraskaCenterfortheBook
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