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See listings of regularly-scheduled literary events both at the libraries (John H. Ames Reading Series, Lunch at the Library) and in the surrounding Lincoln, NE community -- including readings, signings, the One Book One Nebraska selection for 2007 and other special presentations! Go to the Local Literary Happenings page
One Book One Lincoln A joint venture of the Lincoln Journal Star and Lincoln City Libraries The five finalists for One Book -- One Lincoln -- 2008 were announced on June 16th. To see some background about all of this year's finalists at our 2008 Finalists page, where you can also sign up to be notified by e-mail about all new developments regarding One Book -- One Lincoln. We also encourage you to stop by the One Book -- One Lincoln Blog, where you can leave comments about the book selections and the entire One Book process. The book ultimately selected for full One Book -- One Lincoln treatment will be announced on September 8th, at which time of a schedule of book discussions and special programming will be revealed.

[ One Book -- One Lincoln archives: The Worst Hard Time [2007] | The Devil in the White City [2006] | The Kite Runner [2005] | Peace Like a River [2004] | Bel Canto [2003] | Plainsong [2002] ]

[ Master list of 2002-2007 One Book -- One Lincoln finalists in PDF format ]
 Go to the main One Book One Lincoln page
Mayhem in the Midlands logo Midwest mystery fans are looking forward to attending the 9th annual Mayhem in the Midlands Mystery Convention, co-sponsored by the Lincoln City Libraries and Omaha Public Library. The dates for the next event are May 22-25, 2008, and the location will be the Embassy Suites in downtown Omaha (555 S. 10th St.). The Guest of honor for 2008 will be Nebraska's own Alex Kava, author of Maggie O'Dell mystery series.

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One Book One Nebraska logo Following the success of the first four years of One Book One Nebraska, featuring Willa Cather's My Antonia, Omaha mystery novelist Alex Kava's One False Move, and Mari Sandoz' classic history text Crazy Horse, the Nebraska Library Commission, the Nebraska Center for the Book, the Nebraska Library Association, the Nebraska Regional Library Systems and other organizations will sponsor another round of One Book One Nebraska in 2008! This year's selected title is Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn's autobiography, Restorying the Burnt Child: A Primer.

Restoring the Burnt ChildYou can find more information about the 2005-2008 events at the official One Book One Nebraska Web site.
Go to the One Book One Nebraska Web site
Turning the Pages of Romance logo Fans of Romance Fiction joined with a dozen romance authors at each of Lincoln's three Turning the Pages of Romance conferences, in 2004, 2005 and 2006. These events, co-sponsored by the Lincoln City Libraries and the Omaha Public Library, proved to be a popular way to meet and interact with professional romance authors from the midwest each Spring.

[ Past Romance Conferences: 2004 | 2005 | 2006 ]
 Go to the Turning the Pages of Romance Web page
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