Comments on: some weekend and summer reading

By: Kitty Pittman

Kitty Pittman — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:24:21 +0000

Here’s Oklahoma’s Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, http://www.odl.state.ok.us/summer/index.htm
Lots of reading programs going on in 100 degree heat. Adrienne Butler, our Children/YA Library Consultant does a great job. Here’s her blog. http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/

By: Els Kushner

Els Kushner — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:31:31 +0000

One of my several jobs the past couple of years has been coordinating the British Columbia Provincial summer reading program, run jointly by the Public Library Services Branch of the BC Ministry of Education (sort of like the state library), and the British Columbia Library Association. The Province kicks in a big grant to run it, too. Here’s the 2009 librarians’ website: http://kidssrc.bclibrary.ca/

And the kids’ website: http://www.kidssrc.ca/

There’s a pretty awesome nationwide and online-based Teen Reading Club, too (it was a summer reading program; starting last year, it went to year-round, but the new annual theme is still launched in June): http://www.teenrc.ca/

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:35:08 +0000

Question for Monica McCormick or anyone else who has read Infinite Jest: I read about 20 pages of Infinite Jest and am not tempted to read more. Is it the sort of book that if you don’t like it from the start, you won’t like it at all, or does it take a few more (hundred) pages to get good? Thanks!

By: Monica McCormick

Monica McCormick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:49:59 +0000

This isn’t a library program, but it’s a fun online one: InfiniteSummer.org, a site for those who want to read David Foster Wallace’s massive, wonderful “Infinite Jest.

By: mundusvultdecipi

mundusvultdecipi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:33:43 +0000

eeeek – please excuse typos !

By: mundusvultdecipi

mundusvultdecipi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:30:02 +0000

Many thanks indeed for mentioning Rosemary, I know of no individual who has done more to promote excellence in juvenile literature, her award is richly deserved, those of us who work in public libraries in Ireland are immensely in her debt. I have the honour of knowing Rosemary personally and I can attesst that what she doesn’t know about childrens’ literature isn’t worth knowing. On top of that she is a genuine lady and it is an enormorous pleasure to work with her.

By: genevieve

genevieve — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:13:02 +0000

Hello Jess,

Our summer isn’t for a few more months. But our State Library does have a nice program, state bound so that writers can speak at local libraries of course. I got to sit on the selection panel for the last one.
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/reading_victoria/summerread/index.html

The first program in 2006 consisted of 20 novels – now the balance between fiction and non-fiction is about 50/50.