News
October 14, 2022
NLC—
Shortlist for 2023 One Book One Nebraska Announced
What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2023? We will all find out on October 22nd at the Celebration of Nebraska Books. Two generational family novels by a Nebraska authors, a nonfiction work on POW camps in Nebraska, a mystery set in the Sand Hills —all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2023 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program...
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October 24, 2022
NLC—
The Mystery of Hunting’s End Chosen as 2023 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. The Mystery of Hunting’s End (Bison Books, 1998) by Mignon Eberhart is the 2023 One Book One Nebraska selection...
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April 17, 2023
Star Herald—
New Mystery: Remembering Nebraska’s Forgotten 'Whodunit Queen'
When reporter Eva Mahoney arrived in Valentine in 1930 to profile America’s next great mystery novelist, she found Mignon Good Eberhart in a
“pleasant little home,” struggling to visualize her next murder...
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April 18, 2023
NLC—
2023 One Book One Nebraska Selection available on BARD!
"The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart has been recorded by our Talking Book and Braille Service!..
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Events
March 1, 2023,
NCompass Live: 2023 One Book One Nebraska,
Online, 10:00 am CT. Join to hear about Nebraska's statewide reading promotion activity!
March 1, 2023,
Lunch at the Library: Rick Cypert presents "America's Agatha Christie:
Mignon Good Eberhart",
Bennett Martin Public Library, 12:10 pm. He will share his insights into this Nebraska treasure, along with a discussion of her novel,
"The Mystery of Hunting's End," the 2023 One Book One Nebraska selection.
March 18, 2023,
Book Discussion with Rick Cypert,
Francie & Finch Bookshop, 4:30 pm. Professor Rick Cypert is a professor of English and Education at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
He will lead the group in a discussion over this year's One Book One Nebraska selection.
March 30, 2023,
Book Club Discussion, Columbus Public Library, 6:30 pm.
Join in on a discussion of tis year's One Book One Nebraska selection!
April 27, 2023
Just Desserts Mystery Fiction Discussion Group, Bennett Martin Public Library,
6:30 pm. Group members all read the same mystery/suspense/thriller novel and hold a group discussion of that novel, followed by a "round robin" of whatever
else the group members have actually read. This meeting of Just Desserts will feature this year's One Book One Nebraska selection.
September 22m 2023
The Nebraska Heritage Book Club, Bennett Martin Public Library (4th Floor Conference Room), 12:00 pm.
The title discussion for the Setpember meeting is The Mystery of Hunting's End.
Sponsors
Nebraska Center for
the Book
Humanities Nebraska
Nebraska Library Commission