We're excited to announce One Grand Read, a new community experience to bring people together through the power of Storytelling! This year’s inaugural selection is Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World, by author and birding advocate Christian Cooper. We're encouraging everyone in the Greater Lansing area to read the book, attend related programs at your local library or bookstore, and come to a free author talk on September 20!
Cooper’s book is memoir, travelogue, and invitation to join the art of birding. Through his story, Cooper tells us not only about his birding journeys in places like Africa and Australia, but his journey to learn to claim and defend space for himself and others like him. We know the community will flock to Cooper’s extraordinary book!
This program is a partnership between the City of East Lansing, the East Lansing Public Library, Capital Area District Libraries (CADL), Michigan State University (MSU), Hooked Bookstore, and Schuler Books. Through September, the One Grand Read coalition will feature a series of free community programs inspired by the book’s themes, culminating with a special visit from Cooper at 3pm on Saturday, September 20 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Free tickets are available now to attend.
After the author talk, ELPL will continue to ride the excitement with some additional programs, and even a photo contest! Details are still being finalized, so check back soon for ways to stay involved.
Fly on over and check out Better Living Through Birding from ELPL or any of CADL’s 13 branches, or purchase a copy for your home library from Schuler or Hooked.
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