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Reader Services: Book Discussions, Online Book Groups, Book Lists, Book Awards

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Readers' Advisory:
Fiction Connection   Patron Books In Print




The Big Read 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird
is the Hartford Public Library's selection for this year's Big Read. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. Big Read Event Calendar

Book Discussions:

Let's Talk About It: Love and Forgiveness A reading and discussion series in America's libraries.
“Love, Forgiveness, and Wisdom”
Sundays, 2-4 p.m.
March 15, 2009—Sense and Sensibility Register Now
April 26, 2009—The History of Love Register Now
May 17, 2009—The Winter's Tale Register Now

Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.
June 13, 2009—The Essential Rumi Register Now
July 11, 2009—Atonement Register Now

Writing Workshops:

Authors:

CT Children's Authors


Awards:

Booker Prize for Fiction
Connecticut Book Awards
Coretta Scott King Award
Edgar Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
National Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Awards
Nebula Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature
PEN/Faulkner Awards
Pulitzer Prize
Rea Award for the Short Story
Wallace Stevens Award


Book Lists & Reviews:

HPL Booklists
You Must Read This: NPR
Arts & Letters Daily
Black Issues Book Review
BookPage.com
Bookreporter.com
Bookspot.com
BookWeb
The New York Review of Books
New York Times Bestseller Lists
Overbooked
Reading Group Choices
Reading Group Guides
Reviews of Books.com


Online Book Groups:

African American Literature Book Club

Barnes & Noble Online Reading Group
DearReader.com






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