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Read St. Louis is a community-wide initiative developed by developed by the St. Louis area library systems to encourage St. Louisans to read and discuss great books.
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Click here to find out how you can be a part
of Read St. Louis.
At the core of the program is a belief that making reading fun, exciting and educational will stimulate a passion for lifelong learning in all of us.
Each year, Read St. Louis showcases books to appeal to all interests and reading levels. The libraries host events with each of the featured authors.
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Events Calendar:
Richard Ford
Friday, March 8, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Auditorium
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
Cheryl Strayed
Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Auditorium
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
Andrew Carroll
Wednesday, June 12, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis Public Library
Central Branch
1301 Olive St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Laura Moriarty
Thursday, June 13, 7:00 p.m.
St. Charles City-County Library
Spencer Road Branch
427 Spencer Road
St. Peters, MO 63376
Mem Fox
Monday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.
St. Louis Public Library
Central Branch
1301 Olive St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
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This Year's Authors:
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Memoir:
Cheryl Strayed,
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
An Oprah Book Club selection, “Wild” is a powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1,100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman... Click here to learn more>
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Non-Fiction:
Andrew Carroll,
Here is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
The centerpiece of a major national campaign to identify and preserve forgotten history, "Here Is Where" is acclaimed historian Andrew Carroll's fascinating journey of discovery in which he travels to... Click here to learn more>
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Children's Literature:
Mem Fox,
Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!
Mem Fox’s newest book is “Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!” a charming, playful seek-and-find adventure that is illustrated by Laura Ljungkvist. Click here to learn more>
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Distinguished Literary Achievement:
Richard Ford,
Canada
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford delivers a haunting novel about the cataclysm that undoes one teenage boy’s family, and the stark and unforgiving landscape in which ...
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Fiction:
Laura Moriarty,
The Chaperone
The New York Times bestseller and the USA Today #1 Hot Fiction Pick, "The Chaperone" is a captivating novel about a woman chaperoning an irreverent starlet to New York City in 1922... Click here to learn more>
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