Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 6, 2011
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tessa Terry
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Finalists for 2012 One Book One Nebraska Announced
Two nonfiction books and three novels-all stories of America's Great
Plains-are the five finalists for the 2012 One Book One Nebraska statewide
reading program. The finalists are:
A Sandhills Ballad,
by Ladette Randolph
Atticus : A Novel,
by Ron Hansen
"I Am a Man" Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice,
by Joe
Starita
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen , by Bob
Greene
The Tie That Binds ,
by Kent Haruf
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center
for the Book, is now in its eighth 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 forty-eight titles nominated by Nebraskans.
The choice for the 2012 One Book One Nebraska will be
announced at the Celebration of Nebraska
Books on October 22 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 12th and R Streets, on the University of
Nebraska campus in downtown Lincoln. The event, scheduled for 3:30 - 6:30
p.m., will feature the 2011 One Book One Nebraska (Local Wonders: Seasons
in the Bohemian Alps by Ted Kooser). In conjunction with the
celebration, the Lied Center for Performing Arts will offer six performances
of "Local Wonders: A Musical," October 19 - 23 at the Lied Center's
Johnny Carson Theater, produced by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre. A 2:00
p.m. performance will precede the October 22 celebration and another
performance will be presented after the celebration at 7:30 p.m. These
performances are ticketed events. Tickets are available at
www.liedcenter.org/events/detail.php?eid=157 ,.
The choice for the 2012 One Book One Nebraska
will be announced at 5:30 p.m.
Winners of the
2011 Nebraska Book Awards will be honored and the
celebration will include readings by some of the winning authors. A list of
winners is located at
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/awards.html .
Also, the
2011 Jane Geske Award will be presented to Greg Kosmicki
and The Backwaters Press. 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 2011 Celebration of Nebraska Books is sponsored by the Nebraska Center
for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, and Nebraska Library Commission,
in partnership with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Nebraska Repertory
Theatre, and University of Nebraska Press. For more information,
contact
Tessa Terry,
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 Book Awards competition is sponsored by Nebraska Center for the
Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, and Nebraska Library Commission, in
partnership with the following organizations: The Apollon, a collaborative
arts venue;
The Braided River Series of Wednesday Words, through a
collaboration between the Nebraska Arts Council and The Backwaters Press;
Great Plains Writers' Tour, Mount Marty College; Kimmel Harding Nelson
Center for the Arts; Northeast Community College English Department's
Visiting Writers Series; and University of Nebraska-Kearney Reynolds Series.
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. The most up-to-date news releases from the Nebraska Library
Commission are always available on the Library Commission website,
www.nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases
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