{"id":73891,"date":"2025-02-03T09:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73891"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:21:16","slug":"the-big-read-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/the-big-read-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Read is back in Flagstaff!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If reading is your thing, you can\u2019t beat free books. Add workshops with award-winning writers, a scavenger hunt for books around Flagstaff and a group book talk and you’ve got something <\/span>really<\/span><\/i> exciting.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Big Read program is back in Flagstaff for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is a collaboration between NAU\u2019s College of Arts and Letters and other community and campus organizations including the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County Public Libraries, Native Americans for Community Action, Inc., Coconino Community College, Bright Side Book Shop, Culture Connection AZ,\u00a0 South Side Community Association, NAU\u2019s Cline Library, Flagstaff Literacy Center, Museum of Northern Arizona and Bookmans.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe College of Arts and Letters wanted to see the program happen again, so I called a meeting last fall and invited every organization I could think of who might be interested,\u201d said <\/span>Jamie Paul<\/span><\/b>, marketing and communications coordinator at the College of Arts and Letters. \u201cAt that point the Northern Arizona Book Festival was already planning to incorporate \u2018<\/span>There There<\/span>,\u2019 so we decided it made the most sense to start off with that book and have the season end around the book festival.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal of the program is to build community, encourage support, love and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities by getting one book in the hands of a diverse audience, inspiring a community dialogue about important themes and issues.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several events scheduled including art, writing and poetry workshops, book discussions, book walks, a presentation of experiences from local community members, a scavenger hunt and even a game of Bingo. You can also pick up a free copy of \u2018T<\/span>here There\u2019<\/span>\u202fat any of these events.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are lots of different kinds of programs, but they will all be related to the broad themes within \u2018<\/span>There There<\/span>,\u2019 including identity and how we form identity in relation to our families, cultures and places and how complicated that can get,\u201d Paul said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the programs are aimed at all ages, while others, like the book discussion at the library on April 9, are designed for in depth discussion with campus and community members who have read the book.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The art workshops will be created and facilitated by NAU art students, and the writers\u2019 workshop will be built around readers\u2019 experiences. The idea is for the community to come together and share experiences and discussions,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNext year’s theme is <\/span>OUR NATURE: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection, <\/span><\/i>and there are 22 books on their list of choices,\u201d Paul said. \u201cWe plan to use community votes to narrow it down to three finalists and have another round of voting in April to choose for next year.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To see events near you, visit <\/span>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/nau.edu\/flagstaffbigread\/events<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about the Flagstaff Big Read Coalition, visit <\/span>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/nau.edu\/flagstaffbigread\/home<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/a>Mariana Laas | NAU Communications
\n(928) 523-5050 | mariana.laas@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If reading is your thing, you can\u2019t beat free books. Add workshops with award-winning writers, a scavenger hunt for books around Flagstaff and a group book talk and you’ve got something really exciting.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Big Read program is back in Flagstaff for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is a collaboration…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":73892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}