FREDONIA – The Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia is pleased to announce that “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London has been selected for this year’s Big Read. To help celebrate London’s literary work, award-winning western historian James Haley will be the keynote speaker for this year’s program.
Haley is the author of 13 books, including, most recently, “Wolf: The Lives of Jack London” (Basic, 2010).
Haley will present “Rediscovering Jack London” at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The event is free. Opera House doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Other events tied in with this year’s Big Read include a “Lead the Pack to the Big Read” kickoff event at the Prendergast Library on Friday, Feb. 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; An original play written specifically for SUNY Fredonia’s Big Read initiative by SUNY Fredonia Professor of Theatre and Dance Ted Sharon will be performed on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Reg Lenna Civic Center; and a writing competition with prizes will be held as well.
Copies of “The Call of the Wild” and Haley’s “Wolf: The Lives of Jack London” are available for purchase locally at The Book Nook and other local book distributors.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
For more information about the Big Read and related events, visit: www.fredonia.edu/bigread or join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/BigReadFredonia/.
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