One City, One Book

09. May, 2012 6 Comments

One City, One Book: Walnut Creek Reads is a “citywide book club” that encourages the community to read the selection and participate in a series of events that celebrate the book. The annual choice is typically announced in May-June and the community events are planned in the fall giving the community the summer months to read and enjoy the book.

Now in its seventh year, One City, One Book:Walnut Creek Reads is presented by the Walnut Creek Library Foundation and Contra Costa County Library. Please sign up for our e news below to receive program information.

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2012 One City One Book: The Killer Angels

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Michael Shaara’s novel The Killer Angels was selected for the 2012 One City One Book: Walnut Creek Reads program.

The winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Killer Angels tells the story of the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes and thoughts of the various commanders of both armies. The book is considered by many to be the best Civil War novel ever written and was selected in anticipation of the Walnut Creek Library’s hosting of a distinctive national traveling exhibit titled “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” opening in Walnut Creek on December 14, 2012.

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One City, One Book

6 Responses to “One City, One Book”

  1. Donna Poirier 10. Oct, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    Are there any city book club selections for October, November or December? There doesn’t seem to be any info on the website. Thanks

  2. Kristin 13. Oct, 2010 at 5:07 am

    Hi Donna. One City One Book is an annual program highlighting one book per year. In Walnut Creek, the book choice is announced in June and the events are in September & October. The Ygnacio Valley Library does have a book group that meets monthly, and the Walnut Creek Library hopes to start one in 2011.
    You can see other One City, One Book selections on the County Library website: http://guides.ccclib.org/onebook

  3. Donna Poirier 25. Oct, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    Thanks for the info, Kristin
    Donna

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