About

Imagine if folks throughout Mount Washington Valley read the same book. Then talked about it. And THEN invited the author here and got to meet him or her. Well, this is one daydream that’s come true. In 2006, the book was A Stranger in the Kingdom and the author was Howard Frank Mosher. In 2007, the book was The Old American by Ernest Hebert. In 2008, Kate Braestrup touched the valley with her memoir Here If You Need Me. The program is  One Book One Valley. And it’s happening again this fall when people all over the valley read and discuss Chris Bohjalian’s The Double Bind.

Organized by a group of librarians and book-minded community members in 2006, One Book, One Valley is a community read program for the Mount Washington Valley area, similar to others offered around the country. Its mission is to strengthen community ties and promote literacy through reading and discussing a book with a theme that resonates locally. In order to enrich the book discussion experience, One Book, One Valley organizers also plan an author visit and programs that relate to the book in some way.