LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Library invites the public to kick off the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read at the Lake County Lit-Fest on Oct. 1. It is scheduled to take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Little Theater at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.
NEA Big Read activities in Lake County, which are scheduled to take place all month long, will focus on Jack London’s book “The Call of the Wild.” Several organizations will help to celebrate reading during the program month including the Lake County Office of Education, Friends of Mendocino College, Friends of Mendocino College Library, Friends of the Lake County Library, Friends of the Middletown Library and Rotary Club of Lakeport.
The free Lit-Fest will celebrate local authors and give book lovers a chance purchase their work. Speakers will take the stage every hour to discuss their own work, London and The Call of the Wild.
Authors who have signed on for Lit-Fest include Joyce Anderson, Steve Bartholomew, Kit DeCanti, Sunny Franson, John Freedom, Robin C. Harris, Becky Madison, Loretta McCarthy, Heather R. McIntosh, Gene Paleno, K. C. Patrick, Denise Rushing, JoAnn Saccato and R. V. Schmidt.
The Lake County Library is a recipient of a grant of $5,500 to host the NEA Big Read in Lake County. The NEA Big Read is meant to broadens our understanding of our world, our communities and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.
Lake County Library is one of 77 nonprofit organizations across the country to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project between September and June 2017.
Free copies of The Call of the Wild, in both English and Spanish, are to the public at all Lake County Library branches.
For more information call 263-8817 or visit the website lakecountybigread.com.
