Events start this week!

Wednesday, September 30th at 6 pm: See the film “The Great Gatsby” at the Effingham Public Library. Made in 1974 from a Francis Ford Coppola screenplay, it stars many of the 1970s brightest: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, and a young Sam Waterston. Characters and settings from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s jazz-age novel The Great Gatsby appear in The Double Bind.

Friday, October 2nd at 10 am: the first book group discussion of The Double Bind takes place at the North Conway Library.

See Events page for more.

Local book groups, let us know if you’re participating

While we’ve listed dates and times for book discussions of The Double Bind that will be taking place at libraries and at White Birch Books over the next month, there are other area book clubs that are reading and discussing the book, too. These include the Colby Hill Book Group in Madison and the Women’s Group at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes in Tamworth. If you are in a book group that’s reading The Double Bind this month, let us know by leaving a comment.

One Book love

Just as we’re gearing up the publicity for One Book, One Valley 2009, Library Journal publishes an article on One Book programs around the country.

Pick up or reserve a book today

Time to start reading! Local libraries are gathering up copies of The Double Bind, and a grant from The Believe in Books Literacy Foundation will purchase extra copies for each library, so there will be plenty of copies to go around for people to borrow. If you prefer to own your own copy or have one signed by the author on October 29, copies are available for purchase at White Birch Books.