One nonfiction book and two novels-all stories with ties to Nebraska
and the Great Plains-are the finalists for the 2014 One Book One
Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are:
Goodnight, Nebraska by Tom McNeal
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, now in its tenth year, is
sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska,
Nebraska Library Commission, and Nebraska Library Association. It
encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss the same
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 three finalists from a list of 71 titles
nominated by 141 Nebraskans.
The choice for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska will
be announced at 5:30 p.m. at the
Celebration of Nebraska
Books on
October 26 at the Nebraska State
Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets
in downtown Lincoln. The event will also recognize the Willa Cather
Foundation for their promotional efforts celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the publication of the
2013 One Book One
Nebraska book selection
O Pioneers! by Willa
Cather. For more information about One Book One Nebraska, see
http://onebook.nebraska.gov/2013/index.aspx,
http://www.opioneers100.org,
or
https://www.facebook.com/OneBookOneNebraska.
The Celebration of Nebraska Books is scheduled for 3:30 - 6:30 p.m.,
with the Nebraska Center for the Book Annual Meeting to be held at
2:30 p.m. and an Awards Reception, book signings, and announcement
of the 2014 One Book One Nebraska book choice concluding the
festivities. Awards will be presented to the winners of the
2013 Nebraska Book Awards, and some of the winning authors
will read from their work. A list of winners is posted at
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/awards.html.
The Nebraska Library Commission will be named the recipient of the
2013 Jane Geske Award. The Jane Geske Award
recognizes a Nebraska association, organization, business, library,
school, academic institution, or other group that has made an
exceptional, long-term contribution to one or more of these fields
in Nebraska: Literacy, Reading, Book Selling, Books, Libraries,
and/or Writing in Nebraska. The Celebration of Nebraska Books is
sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska,
Nebraska Library Commission, and University of Nebraska Press, in
partnership with the Nebraska State Historical Society's Museum of
Nebraska History. For more information, contact
Mary Jo Ryan, 402-471-3434 or 800-307-2665. Confirmed presenters
will be announced at
www.centerforthebook.nebraska.gov and
http://www.facebook.com/NebraskaCenterfortheBook
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at 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. The Nebraska Center for the Book is supported by the
Nebraska Library Commission.
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.
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http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases.