Book Club Author Suggestion: Paula McLain
Brief Bio: Paula McLain (born 1965 in Fresno, California) is a New York Times bestselling author celebrated for her meticulously …
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The Shared Story: Growing Our Collection Through Library Donations
At the heart of every great story is the community that shares it, and nowhere is that more evident than …
Book Club Author Suggestion: Lois Lowry
Brief Bio: Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is one of the most versatile and influential American …
Exploring Literary Movements with your Book Club: Modernist Literature
The Modernist literary movement was a radical break from the literary conventions of the past, emerging in the late 19th …
Exploring Literary Movements with Your Book Club: Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an extraordinary cultural and artistic movement that flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a …
Sunshine & Stories Learns All About CSL Book Club Resources & CSL Kits
What is Sunshine & Stories? Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library (CSL) podcast dedicated to all things public …
Colorado Book Club Resource Collection Policies and Information
Mission Statement The Colorado Book Club Resource (BCR) is a program of the Colorado State Library (CSL). CSL helps libraries, …
Should book clubs watch screen adaptations?
This post is about all the book club sets (8 or more copies of the book) we have to offer …
Book Club Author Suggestion: Tana French
Brief Bio Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress who was born in Burlington, …
Celebrating Women Through the Colorado Book Club Resource
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were …
Book Club Author Suggestion: James Baldwin
Brief Bio: James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and social activist. Regarded as one of the …
Collecting All Things Book Clubs
Book groups to join near and far, websites, articles, discussions, and more… here’s a compendium of All Things Book Clubs!
Book Club Author Suggestion: Toni Morrison
Brief Bio Toni Morrison (1931–2019) was an American writer who hailed from Lorain, Ohio. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the …
Author Diversity in the Book Club Resource
The table below shows all the authors whose work is in the Book Club Resource collection, tags that reveal some …
Bite-sized Escapism – Reading Short Stories with Your Book Club
The short story is a form of fiction that has been with us for centuries, beginning with the legends, fables, …
Promotional Materials on the Book Club Resource
Contact [email protected] to request physical copies of available promotional materials (such as tabloid size posters, bookmarks, brochures, and postcard size …
Book clubs…en español!
Introducción en español ¿Alguna vez ha considerado iniciar un programa de club de lectura para hispanohablantes en su biblioteca? ¡Ahora …
Book Club Resource Surpasses 1,000 Sets
Over the last few years, the Colorado Book Club Resource (BCR) has massively expanded. When I joined the State Library …
Full List of Current Book Club Sets
Refer to the table below for a full list of the entire Book Club Resource collection. The collection can also …
New Book Club Sets by Colorado Authors!
The Colorado Book Club Resource now contains over 1,000 books club sets (8+ copies of a title)! In recent months, …