News
April 29, 2024
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2024 One Book One Nebraska Bookmarks Now Available!
Looking for more ways to engage readers with One Book One Nebraska? We now have bookmarks for 2024’s selection, Dancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding...
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February 21, 2024
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2024 One Book One Nebraska: Now Available on BARD!
Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding has been recorded by our Talking Book and Braille Service! Read more about the process...
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January 12, 2024
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"Dancing with the Octopus" Proclaimed the 2024 One Book One Nebraska
Governor Jim Pillen signed a proclamation honoring 2024 One Book One Nebraska: Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) by Debora Harding...
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October 16, 2023
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"Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir" Chosen as 2024 One Book One Nebraska
People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work of a Nebraskan — and then talk about it with their friends and neighbors.
Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) by Debora Harding is the 2024 One Book One Nebraska selection...
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September 21, 2023
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Shortlist for 2024 One Book One Nebraska Announced
What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2024? We will all find out on October 14th at the Celebration of Nebraska Books.
A collection of essays by a Nebraska authors, a memoir, a novel set in the Sand Hills, and a Midwest thriller—all stories with ties to
Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2024 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program...
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Events
September 19, 2024,
Columbus Public Library Adult Book Club: "Dancing with the Octopus"
Zoom, 7:00-8:00 pm CT
Fans of true crime will not want to miss author Debora Harding's talk about "Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime" detailing her 1978 abduction at the age of
fourteen. Harding's book also describes meeting her attacker as she processed her traumatic adolescent experience in adulthood
May 23, 2024,
Columbus Public Library Adult Book Club: "Dancing with the Octopus"
Columbus Public Library, 2500 14th St, Columbus, NE, 6:30-7:45 pm CT
The Columbus Public Library's Book Club will be discussing "Dancing with the Octopus" in the Peter Kiewit conference room.
April 17, 2024,
NCompass Live: 2024 One Book One Nebraska: "Dancing with the Octopus"
Online, 10:00 am CT
Join to learn about creating successful reading promotions and how to engage your community using Nebraska’s year-long,
statewide celebration featuring "Dancing with the Octopus."
Sponsors
Nebraska Center for
the Book
Humanities Nebraska
Nebraska Library Commission