New ‘Big Library Read’ Book Available March 17th!
We’re excited to announce the return of Big Library Read, the global digital book club where millions of people from around the world have the ability to read the same eBook simultaneously.
The Book:
Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates has been called “A powerful testament to how Shakespeare continues to speak to contemporary readers in all sorts of circumstances,” by Booklist.
Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is, until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never been before — supermax solitary confinement. In this unwelcoming place, surrounded by inmates known as the worst of the worst, is Larry Newton. A convicted murderer with several escape attempts under his belt and a brilliantly agile mind on his shoulders, Larry was trying to break out of prison at the same time Laura was fighting to get her program started behind bars. Thus begins the most unlikely of friendships, one bonded by Shakespeare and lasting years—a friendship that, in the end, would save more than one life.
The book will be available starting March 17th until March 31st, 2015 and all OverDrive users will be able to request the book without any waitlists or holds. Join the fun! Over the past year, thousands of libraries and schools and millions of patrons have embraced the program.