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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 5, 2017
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
2018 One Book One Nebraska Book
Nominations Sought
What book would you suggest that all Nebraskans read next year?
Nebraska readers are invited to make recommendations for the
2018 One Book One Nebraska book selection. The
Nebraska Center for the Book will consider books written by a
Nebraska author (living or dead/with current or former residence
in the state) or books that have a Nebraska theme or setting.
Books should have a broad appeal to readers across Nebraska and
lend well to group book discussion. Books may be fiction,
non-fiction, biography, memoir, or poetry. They must be in print
and readily available.
The deadline for nominations is June 15, 2017. Book
recommendations can be sent via e-mail at
nlc.ask@nebraska.gov
or via the U.S. Postal Service to The Nebraska Center for the
Book One Book One Nebraska, c/o Nebraska Library Commission
Reference Services, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE,
68508-2023. Nominations can also be submitted online at
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/obon-nomination.asp.
The Nebraska Center for the Book will announce the 2018 One Book
One Nebraska choice at the Fall Celebration of Nebraska Books.
The Celebration will include a 2017 One Book One Nebraska
program, Jane Pope Geske Award and Mildred Bennett Award
presentations, and the Nebraska Book Awards Ceremony, with
author readings and signings. The Celebration will be preceded
by the Nebraska Center for the Book Annual Meeting.
The One Book One Nebraska reading program is enjoying its
thirteenth year. Nebraskans across the state are reading and
discussing
Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
(1881-1973), the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer
Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people. The Nebraska
Center for the Book sponsors One Book One Nebraska to
demonstrate how books and reading connect people across time and
place. The 2017 One Book One Nebraska program is co-sponsored by
Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, University of
Nebraska Press, The John G. Neihardt Foundation, and Nebraska
Library Commission. For information about One Book One Nebraska,
including current and previous book selections, see
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/programs/onebook.html
or join us on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/OneBookOneNebraska.
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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