On the same page

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We're delighted to announce that Susan Orlean and Madeleine Brand's conversation, originally slated for March, has been rescheduled as a virtual event for Thursday, October 29 at 5 pm. 
 
If you're interested in attending, we kindly request that you re-register for the event using the below link. 
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/susan-orlean-in-conversation-tickets-118245394157
 

What is "on the same page?"

The Friends of the Claremont Library sponsors the annual citywide reading program: Claremont: On the Same Page.

We engage as many people as possible in the discussion of one book as the basis for a common experience.

Local reading groups and educators are are encouraged to read the book as part of their activities or curriculum.

After the book is selected in September, a variety of local events are offered to discuss the book and topics related to it.  All events are all free and open to the public.

We would love you to join us in reading these books, and to attend as many events as possible.

Our 2020/2021 Selection

"Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson is  the 2020/2021 selection.

Call the Claremont Library, (909) 621-4902, to arrange for pick-up of copies that are on reserve. 

 We are working on a reading list centered around social justice. We will also find ways of providing the programming that you expect from On the Same Page each year.  Check back here for updates.

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Past selections include:

• 2019  The Library Book by Susan Orlean
• 2018    The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• 2017    Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California by Frances Dinkelspiel
• 2016    Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
• 2015    Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• 2014    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• 2013    Take one Candle Light A Room by Susan Straight
• 2012    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• 2011     Into the Beautiful North: A Novel by Luis Alberto Urrea
• 2010    The God of War by Marisa Silver
• 2009    The Soloist by Steve Lopez
• 2008    Distant Land of Our Fathers by Bo Caldwell
• 2007    Cannery Row by John Steinbeck