“One Book, One Community” Reading and Discussion Programme 2012

The National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) is pleased to announce that its seventh annual One Book, One Community (OBOC) Nationwide Reading Project was launched on April 18, 2012 at the Audio Visual Room at the National Library.

This year’s selection is The Stolen Cascadura by Beverley Ann Scott. During the period April 18 to June 30, NALIS will invite the national community to borrow and read The Stolen Cascadura and participate in discussions and other activities based on the book at public libraries across the country.

The Stolen Cascadura is a work of fiction set in Trinidad in 2003. It revolves around characters from different cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds, brought together by circumstances which change the course of their lives.

NALIS adopted the OBOC reading programme in 2005. This programme was first developed in Seattle, Washington, USA and has since been adopted by many libraries around the world.

Radio advertisement for One Book, One Community 2012

Since 2005 NALIS has featured the following books:

Night Calypso by Lawrence Scott – 2005
Miguel Street by Sir V.S. Naipaul – 2007
The Schoolmaster by Earl Lovelace – 2008
All That Glitters by Michael Anthony (D.Ltt) – 2009
Prospero’s Daughter by Dr. Elizabeth Nunez – 2010
Trinidad Noir edited by Jeanne Mason and Lisa Allen Agostini - 2011

To learn more about NALIS’ One Book, One Community Nationwide Reading Project, contact a public library or the Public Relations and Marketing Department at 624-4466 ext 2323