One Book Chelmsford - 2012

Tony Horwitz, photo by Randi Baird
photo by Randi Baird

Double your pleasure; double your fun! Reading pleasure and fun, that is.

Geraldine Brooks, photo by Randi Baird
photo by Randi Baird
How's this for a nice twist on our One Book town-wide reading campaign - "One Book One Couple"! This year we will be reading books by the famous literary couple, Pulitzer-prize winning authors Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz for our One Book campaign. Both authors will be coming to Chelmsford in May to talk about their newest titles, Geraldine's "Caleb's Crossing" and Tony's "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War."

Beginning in 2012, we will present programming related to books by these 2 authors, with a particular focus on "March” by Geraldine Brooks and “Confederates in the Attic” by Tony Horwitz. We will buy multiple copies of “March” and “Confederates in the Attic” and encourage Chelmsford to read these 2 books (and then jump into some of the other great books these authors have written). Both "March” and “Confederates in the Attic" have Civil War themes, and in 2011, America marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It just seems so appropriate that we start with these 2 books!

You can read about these authors and their books at their websites: http://geraldinebrooks.com and http://tonyhorwitz.com

Add these dates to your calendar now!

Friday Morning Lecture Series on Jan 13: Dick Howe presents "Making Sense of the Civil War"

Friday evening, February 3, 2012 - "Beat the Winter Blues-Warm up to Reading!" and join us for the annual Winterfest Community Social. You can get copies of "March" and "Confederates in the Attic"

Lecture: "Geraldine Brooks and the Consciousness that Discovers the Story" -Mar 13

Genealogist Dennis Ahearn will talk about Civil War -Apr 3

Torn in Two: Mapping the Civil War -Apr 11

Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz visit Chelmsford - Saturday, May 12th at 11 a.m at the High School's Performing Arts Center

Visit the authors' websites at:

Geraldine Brooks at http://geraldinebrooks.com

Tony Horwitz at http://tonyhorwitz.com/

 

 


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