Together We Read - Welcome!

Links
Friends of Mountain History
The Read on WNC
Rob Neufeld's Book Blog

Contact Us
67 Haywood Rd.
Asheville NC 28801
togetherweread@gmail.com

The Together We Read Book of 2009

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver

The Together We Read Book of 2008

Boone
by Robert Morgan

About Us

Welcome!

Welcome to the new site for Together We Read. Explore the links for information about the chosen book as well as about programs, writing, culture, and our community.

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop in Western North Carolina a love of reading and heritage through the shared experience of well-chosen books.

Who We Are

Together We Read, now in its fifth year, is Western North Carolina's region-wide reading and discussion program. Every year, participants choose a book that becomes the basis of a community phenomenon. Imagine seeing the book in a friend's hands and being able to comment on it. Then, there are the programs. Together We Read supports a wide range of activities at sites in 21 counties through book distribution, reading and writing guides, publicity and media events, and offerings of speakers. Librarians, educators, merchants, readers, and community leaders together guide our organization in its goal to inspire the excitement and thoughtfulness that books can bring us.

Click here for our brochure

Janet McDonald, Accountant, Mars Hill Public Library Board Member - Chair
Dan Barron, Director of Libraries, Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Library System - Vice-Chair
Don Deibert, Glad Tithings Foundation - Treasurer
Gloria Underwood, Professional Historian, Retired Professor of Savannah College of Art & Design -Secretary
Ed Sheary, Director of Libraries, Asheville-Buncombe Library System
Helen Wykle, Director, Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA - Secretary
Mark Pumphrey, Director, Polk County Library System
Megan Adams
Peggy Higgins
Robert Busko, Director of Libraries, Haywood County Library System
Tracey Daniels, Senior Partner of Media Masters Publicity, a literary publicity firm
Tracy Fitzmaurice

Together We Read Sponsors:

NC Humanities Council
Friends of Henderson County Library System
Glad Tithings Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville-Buncombe Library System Trust Fund
Friends of Buncombe County Library System
Friends of Polk County Public Library
Asheville Citizen-Times
Friends of Mountain History
Mars Hill College
Mountain Area Information Network
UNCA's Friends of Ramsey Library
Western Carolina University
Warren Wilson College
Janirve Foundation
Many other individual and institutional donors