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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Charlotte Observer Article on Turning Pages Book Club 4-23-11

Book club for the homeless CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper#storylink=misearch#storylink=misearch#storylink=misearch
Story by visiting author Kay McSpadden - we are forever grateful to Kay for all!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Tuesday March 8th - Free Lunch Thanks to Jason's Deli

We'd like to send a special shout out of THANKS to Jason's Deli Uptown Charlotte for sponsoring Turning Pages special lunch session to "Meet Author Garth Stein" on Tuesday, March 8th!! They really stepped up for us with short notice & we are eternally grateful no one will go away from book club hungry! THANKS!!!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Tuesday, March 8th, 11:30 to 1 pm - Meet author Garth Stein - book discussion & video conference!!

Upcoming Special Event - Tuesday, 3/8: 11:30 - 1 pm - Turning Pages Book Club will have its first book discussion with an author via video conferencing! Garth Stein, author of The Art Of Racing In The Rain, will be with us live from Seattle, holding a video chat with our group! Come join us for this exciting meeting at a special time 11:30 am – 1 pm! New to Turning Pages Book Club? You don't have to have read the book to join our discussion - just come , meet new people & enjoy this special treat!

Learn more about Garth Stein & Turning Pages current book selection “The Art of Racing in the Rain” at http://www.garthstein.com/

Turning Pages Book Club Has Read....

Kick Off Meeting - November 2009: Chicken Soup for the Soul, Stories for a Better World - donated by HCI Books

December 2009: Chasing Miracles by Tommie Weber - donated by author to Ron Tibbetts (the original Homeless Book Club founder from Boston)

January 2010: Push by Sapphire - donated by Random House
February 2010: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - donated by Simon and Schuster

March & April 2010: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne - books & DVD donated by The Secret Publishing House

April & May 2010: Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen - donated by Algonquin Books

May & June 2010: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers - purchased with donated funds from Main Library programming budget, via the kindness of Main Library Manager Jonita Edmonds

June & July 2010: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey - purchased with donated funds from Main Library programming budget, via the kindness of Jonita Edmonds

August & September 2010: Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibigaza - donated by Hay House Publishing

October & November 2010: The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer - donated by Hay House Publishing

December 2010 - January 2011: The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom - purchased with funds from an anyomous donor

February 2011 - March 2011: The Art of Racing in The Rain by Garth Stein - donated by author & his book marketing company Terra Communications. We discussed the book live with author Garth Stein via a WebEx web conference meeting!

March 2011 - April 2011: Notes From A Classroom by Kay McSpadden - donated by publisher Stampley Enterprises - both Charlotte based! We discussed the book live with an author visit from Kay McSpadden! Then Kay wrote a great article about us in The Charlotte Observer!

April 2011 - May 2011: Grievances by Mark Ethridge - donated by publisher New South Books - Mark Ethridge is a Charlotte based author & previous managing editor of The Charlotte Observer. We discussed the book live with an author visit from Mark Ethridge! His book is being made into a movie "Deadline" - due in theatres in 2012.

May 2011 - June 2011 : Lake Reflections by Jacqueline Jones - donated by author a Lake Norman resident. We discussed this wonderful poetry book about life on a lake live with an author visit from Jackie Jones!

June 2011 - July 2011: The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew. We will wrap up this book & discuss live with Anna Jean Mayhew visiting Turning Pages on 7/12!

July 19th - Mid August 2011: Birdbaths and Paper Cranes by Sharon Randall. This book was generously donated to Turning Pages by the author!

September 2011: The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. This book was provided as a donation from The Friends of The Library.

October 2011: The Shack by William P. Young. This book was provided as a donation from The Friends of The Library.

November 2011: The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote - read & discussed in meeting as a group

December 2011: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley. Donated by Nigel Alston of Winston-Salem after reading about Turning Pages in Sharon Randall's column.

January 2012: Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs. Donated by the author. Live Author Visit scheduled for Feb 7-2012!

February 2012: Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. Donated by Wine, Women & Words book club. They learned about Turning Pages after reading Anna Jean Mayhew's book The Dry Grass of August.

Turning Pages Book Club

Sharon Randall, Birdbaths & Paper Cranes Author Visits

Anna Jean Mayhew Visits

The Art of Racing In The Rain