Carlsbad Reads Together, a community-wide reading program has recently chosen the best-selling novel The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by AlexanderMcCall Smith.
A highlight of the program will be an evening with Alexander McCall Smith on Thursday, April 24 at 7pm. The event will take place at Carlsbad City Library’s Schulman Auditorium at 1775 Dove Lane. Seating is limited and tickets will be required. Free tickets, limit two per person, will be given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 6pm on April 24. The talk will be followed by a signing and books will be available for purchase, with a percentage of proceeds going to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
The library is also featuring free films about Africa on April 9, 16, 23, and 30. For more information about Carlsbad Reads Together click the jump or visit www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
Carlsbad Reads Together 2008 Features Alexander McCall Smith’s
Best-seller
“The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”
Library Hosts McCall Smith on April 24, 2008
Carlsbad City Library’s fourth “Carlsbad Reads Together,” a community-wide reading program, will feature Alexander McCall Smith’s bestseller The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Free events will take place throughout the month of April 2008 to coincide with National Library Week (April 13-19). For more information, please call (760) 602-2012 or visit www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
Carlsbad Reads Together is modeled on national reading programs designed to bring community members together and engage them in discussion about the same book at the same time. Carlsbad Reads Together is sponsored by Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
The first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series tells the story of the clever and engaging detective Precious Ramotse, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with the problems in their lives.” A film adaptation, directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Cold Mountain), and produced by the Weinstein Company, is currently in production in Africa.
A highlight of the program will be an evening with Alexander McCall Smith on Thursday, April 24 at 7pm. The event will take place at Carlsbad City Library’s Schulman Auditorium at 1775 Dove Lane. Seating is limited and tickets will be required. Free tickets, limit two per person, will be given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 6pm on April 24. The talk will be followed by a signing and books will be available for purchase, with a percentage of proceeds going to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
Other events scheduled for April include films about Africa on April 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 6pm. All screenings are free. Films and locations, as well as special events preceding the films, are included on the fact sheet below.
This year, we invite those who would like to read another McCall Smith book to join us for a talk about his two novels The Sunday Philosophy Club and Tears of the Giraffe.
Book talk dates and times:
April 1 at 7pm: The Sunday Philosophy Club at Georgina Cole Library
April 2 at 2pm: Tears of the Giraffe at Carlsbad City Library
April 3 at 7pm: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency at Carlsbad City
Library
April 8 at 6pm: La primera detective de Botsuana (Spanish-language talk
at Centro de Información)
April 10 at 2pm: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency at Georgina Cole
Library
April 28 at 7pm: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency at Carlsbad City
Library
The previous Carlsbad Reads Together featured Elie Weisel’s Night. The 2006 selection was Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and 2004 selection was T.C Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain.
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Carlsbad Reads Together 2008 Fact Sheet
All events are free. For more information, call (760) 602-2026 or visit
www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
Book Discussions
Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane
April 2 at 2pm Tears of the Giraffe (the second book in the series)
April 3 at 7pm The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
April 28 at 7pm The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive
April 1 at 7pm The Sunday Philosophy Club
April 10 at 2pm The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Centro de Información, 3333 Harding Street
April 8 at 6pm La primera detective de Botsuana (Spanish-language
discussion)
Author visit from Mr. Alexander McCall Smith
Thursday, April 24 at 7pm
Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane
Mr. McCall Smith’s talk will be followed by a book signing. Seating is
limited and tickets are required. Free tickets, limit two per person,
will be given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 6pm on April 24.
Films Screenings
April 9 at 6pm Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive
National Geographic’s Zebras: Patterns in the Grass (1991, not rated,
55 minutes)
All other screenings at Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad City
Library
April 16 at 6pm Duma (2005, rated PG, run time 100 minutes)
April 23rd at 6pm I Dreamed of Africa (2000, rated PG-13, run time 115
minutes)
April 30 at 6pm Tsotsi (2005, rated R, run time 94 minutes)
Before the April 9 film, meet African animals from Pacific Animal Productions in the Cole Library Community Room. Before the April 16 film at Carlsbad City Library, enjoy a lecture from Wild Animal Parks’ educators with three guest animals. Both animal events begin at 5pm.
Concert Performance
Akayaa Atule and Bolga Zohdoomah
Sunday, April 13 at 2pm
Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane
Free tickets given out at the auditorium beginning at 1pm the day of the concert. Lead singer and drummer Akayaa Atule shares her own flavor of Ghanaian “Highlife” music, a fusion of traditional African drums with Western instrumentation.
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By all means this is a no miss opportunity to listen to a person who is a good public speaker and intertaining. Go listen to him….go get the “free” tickets, even pay for them if you must.