One Book One Community

Overview
Events Calendar
Book Discussions
Read the Book
Resources
Overview

Essay and Poetry Contest
Younger Readers

The Glass Castle Blog

The Money Hungry Blog


PA One Book Every Young Child
ACLA Public Libraries The Catalog

Internet Resources for Book Groups

BookBrowse.com - Lots of great information for book groups. How to start a reading group, run a meeting, choose books, create your own reader's guide, and much more.
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reading_guides

BookMuse.com - Helpful information for book groups of all ages, including book group tips, author interviews, discussion guides.
http://www.bookmuse.com

bookreporter.com - You'll find book reviews, author interviews, featured titles and more on this website.
http://www.bookreporter.com

Central Booking - An online newsletter for book lovers.
http://www.centralbooking.com/

Genreflecting - Browse booklists that are classified by genre. Includes helpful tips for readers advisory and a super page titled "What's so great about libraries?"
http://genreflecting.com/

Good Books Lately - Book reviews and discussion guides.
http://www.goodbookslately.com/

Overbooked - Filled with information about literary and genre fiction.
http://www.overbooked.org/

Pasadena One City, One Story - Book club how to.
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/1booktoolkit05.asp#Bookclub

Reading Group Choices - Tips for group leaders, lots of discussion guides, and more.
http://www.readinggroupchoices.com

ReadingGroupGuides.com: The online community for reading groups -Find reading guides here.
http://readinggroupguides.com

Teenreads.com -Tips for teens on starting a book group, suggested titles, teen book lists, author interviews, discussion guides.
http://teenreads.com

Publisher Websites

You'll find author interviews, links to author websites, discussion guides, and book group tips. Here are some good ones to explore:

HarperCollins Reader Resources
http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/readers

Henry Holt Reading Group Guides
http://www.henryholt.com/readingguides

Random House Books @ Random - Book group corner points out helpful tips and common pitfalls, discussion guides. (Includes Vintage, Ballantine, Bantam, Broadway, Dell and Doubleday)
http://www.randomhouse.com/resources/bookgroup

Simonsays.com Book Club Reader
http://www.simonsays.com/content/index.cfm?sid=519

Time Warner Books Reading Guides (includes Little, Brown & Co.)
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/reading_guides.html

 

This year's One Book, One Community program is brought to you by the Allegheny County Library Association with support from Allegheny County, Barnes & Noble, Dollar Bank, Highmark, Joseph-Beth Booksellers and Panera Bread.

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