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2019 One Book Top Three finalists (and Top 11 short list) to be announced May 27th!
One Book – One Lincoln fans,
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th, the annual Coffee on the Dock at The Mill event will be taking place again from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 8th & “P” St. You can gather with fellow book lovers at this event, sponsored by the Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries. At 10:30 a.m., the Top 3 Finalists will be unveiled, and later that day, the online voting form on the Lincoln City Libraries’ website will be active, for readers to vote for their favorite among those Top 3 Finalists for 2019. The libraries’ One Book web pages, once revealed, will also include the shortlist of the remainder of the Top Eleven at that time.
For those of you on Facebook, here is a link to the Facebook Event Page for this “unveiling” event — Coffee on the Dock of the Mill: One Book – One Lincoln. Feel free to mark yourself as “Interested” or “Going”, and share the link with your fellow book lovers!
One Book coordinator Katie M. recently gave book talks at both the Bethany and Gere BooksTalk sessions in which she talked about all of this year’s Top Eleven titles. An audio podcast of that booktalk will also be made available online shortly after the titles are revealed! Watch for announcements of upcoming Discussion Opportunities, once the titles have been announced.
Scott C. / BookGuide readers advisory site manager / One Book – One Lincoln website manager
Three “One Book – One Lincoln” events coming up in May 2018
One Book – One Lincoln fans,
You have three events upcoming within May to learn more about the titles being considered for the 2018 One Book – One Lincoln city-wide reading program.
2018 One Book project coordinator Katie M. will be giving a book talk at both the Bethany BooksTalk session on Friday, May 11th, and at the Gere BooksTalk session on Monday, May 14th. She’ll be discussing which books ended up in the Top 11 shortlist for 2018. These booktalks will be your only chance to find out what the Top 11 were until Memorial Day.
Bethany BooksTalk
Friday, May 11th, 10:30 a.m.
Katie M., from the Bennett Martin Library downtown, and coordinator of the 2018 ONE BOOK – ONE LINCOLN, discusses the Top 11 finalists for this year’s City-Wide Reading Program. The three you’ll get to vote on will be among these Top 11!
Gere BooksTalk
Monday, May 14th, 2:30 p.m.
Katie M., from the Bennett Martin Library downtown, and coordinator of the 2018 ONE BOOK – ONE LINCOLN, discusses the Top 11 finalists for this year’s City-Wide Reading Program. The three you’ll get to vote on will be among these Top 11!
On Memorial Day, May 28th, the traditional annual Coffee on the Dock at The Mill event will be taking place again from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 8th & “P” St. You can gather with fellow book lovers at this event, sponsored by the Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries. At 10:30 a.m., the Top 3 Finalists will be unveiled, and later that day, the online voting form on the Lincoln City Libraries’ website will be active, for readers to vote for their favorite among those Top 3 Finalists. The libraries’ One Book web pages, once revealed, will also include the shortlist of the Top 11 at that time.
All three of these events are posted as separate event pages on the libraries’ Facebook events feed. If you’re a Facebook user, we encourage you to mark yourself as “Interested” or “Going” for any of these!