Everybody Reads Together

Everybody Reads withdrawal?

If you are still in need of an Everybody Reads/Stubborn Twig fix (or you missed Lauren Kessler when she was in Portland) tune into OPB radio 91.5 fm tomorrow at 9 a.m. or at 9 p.m. for Think Out Loud which will focus on Lauren Kessler's Stubborn Twig. During the live program at 9 a.m., listeners can phone in with questions or comments. There is also an online discussion forum.

Even though Multnomah County Library has finished Everybody Reads for the year, Oregon Reads continues elsewhere in the state through April. In fact, Deschutes Public Library is still conducting their A Novel Idea program and Lauren Kessler will be speaking in Central Oregon on April 24 and 25.

Libraries almost out of copies of Stubborn Twig

The final copies of Stubborn Twig are in Multnomah County libraries now. We don't expect there will be many remaining after this weekend, so those of you who have already read it are encouraged to bring it back to the library for someone else to borrow or to pass it along to a friend, neighbor or family member so they can read it too. That has always been the intent in making so many copies of the book readily available and easy to borrow, but I think that somewhere along the line people started thinking that these copies of the Everybody Reads book were theirs to keep. We're a very generous and sharing community, so I'm hoping that people will actually return copies to the libraries for others to have a chance to participate.

Another way to get a copy of the book (and this copy would be yours to keep) would be to visit one of the Everybody Reads participating bookstores and purchase a copy. Powell's, Barnes & Noble and Broadway Books are all discounting the books this month. (The Barnes & Noble discount begins on Jan. 15 and goes through the end of February.) These book sellers have been supporters of Everybody Reads since the very beginning and I hope you will visit them if you need to purchase a copy of Stubborn Twig.