News
August 1, 2022
The NCB News—
Books Chosen to Represent Nebraska at National Book Festival
The Nebraska Center for the Book has selected one youth book and one adult book by Nebraska authors to represent the state at the 2022 National Book Festival:
Letters from Space by Clayton Anderson, illustrated by Susan Batori and The Bones of Paradise: A Novel by Jonis Agee...
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June 2, 2022
Scottsbluff Star-Herald —
Sherry Preston: Food For Thought
I always wanted to join a book group. I love the chance to discuss books with people-it's one of the job hazards of being a librarian...
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January 10, 2022
Nebraska Center for the Book —
The Bones of Paradise Proclaimed the 2022 One Book One Nebraska
On Jan. 10, 2022 Governor Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation honoring 2022 One Book One Nebraska: The Bones of Paradise: A Novel (William Morrow, 2016) by Jonis Agee. Rebecca Faber, Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB) Board member spoke about the program and...Read more
December 14, 2021
Nebraska City News Press —
Agee’s Saga, ‘Bones of Paradise,’ Chosen for One Book One Nebraska
The 2022 selection for One Book One Nebraska, “Bones of Paradise,” is a sweeping family saga by writer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln scholar Jonis Agee...Read more
November 30, 2021
Nebraska Today —
Agee's Saga, 'Bones of Paradise,' Chosen for One Book One Nebraska
The 2022 selection for One Book One Nebraska, “Bones of Paradise,” is a sweeping family saga by writer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln scholar Jonis Agee...Read more
November 7, 2021
Lincoln Journal Star —
Nebraska woman's novel set in Sandhills chosen as 2022's One Book One Nebraska
Nebraska woman's novel set in the Sandhills in the years following the Wounded Knee Massacre has been chosen as 2022's One Book One Nebraska.
"The Bones of Paradise: A Novel" by award-winning author Jonis Agee is described by the selection committee as "an ambitious tale of history...Read more
October 6, 2021
Nebraska Library Commission —
Shortlist for 2022 One Book One Nebraska Announced
What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2022? We will all find out on October 23rd. A historical fiction set in the Sandhills,
Nonfiction work on refugees resettled in Nebraska, a book of humorous essays on small town life —all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are
the finalists for the 2022 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are...Read more
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Events
October
23,
2021
Nebraska Center for the Book—
Celebrate Nebraska’s 2021 Book Award Winners,
The celebration, free and open to the public, features presentations of the Nebraska Center for the Book's
Nebraska Book Awards, Mildred Bennett Award and Jane Geske Award,
One Book One Nebraska 2021
presentation, and 2022 OBON announcement.
January
12,
2022
NCompass Live: 2022 One Book One Nebraska,
Online, 10:00 am CT. Celebrate the 2022 One Book One Nebraska selection The
Bones of Paradise: A Novel by Jonis Agee
on this FREE NCompass Live webinar! Sign up to join.
January 25, 2022
Book Club Discussion, Sump Memorial Library,
10:00 am CT. Join in on a discussion of this year's One Book One Nebraska selection!
April 20, 2022
OBON Book Club, Hastings Public Library, 10:00 am.
Join via Zoom.
April 21, 2022
Bones of Paradise: A Novel Examined,
Central Community College - Grand Island, 5:30 pm.
Join One Book One Nebraska author, Jonis Agee, as she discusses how she came to write this story in this setting and share her approaches to research and character
development.
June 2, 2022
Writing Workshop, South Sioux City Library, 2:30 - 5:30 pm.
July 14, 2022
National Willa Cather Center 2022 Author Series Talk, Zoom, 7:00 pm.
August 25, 2022
Author Jonis Agee to visit the Scottsbluff Library, Scottsbluff Public Library, 1:30 pm.
One Book One Nebraska author Jonis Agee will talk about her award-winning book The Bones of Paradise. Everyone is welcome to attend.
August 27, 2022
Supersized Book Club,
Lancaster Event Center Fairgrounds, 1:00 pm.
Join for FMCA's Supersized Book Club during FMCA's 105th FMCA International Convention in Lincoln, NE! It will be taking place at 1 pm in Seminar 8 with the featured book
being The Bones of Paradise by Nebraska native Jonis Agee. Read the book before the event and bring it with you to have it signed by the author. There is no
additional fee for this program.
September 15, 2022
Meet Author Jonis Agee, Arapahoe Public Library, 7:00 pm.
Meet Jonis Agee as she discusses her book The Bones of Paradise. This program is free and open to the public.
September 17, 2022
Meet the Author - Jonis Agee, Holdrege Area Public Library, 2:00 pm.
Meet author Jonis Agee who is the One Book One Nebraska 2022 winner with her story The Bones of Paradise. This program will be held in the Community Room (subject
to change).
September 22, 2022
Humanities Nebraska Author Visit: Jonis Agee, Wilson Public Libray, 6:00 pm.
Agee will discuss how she came to write this multi-generational saga set in the Nebraska Sand Hills and will share her approaches to research, character
development and more.
October 10, 2022
Mid Month Book Club 12:00 pm.
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