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


Contact Us
505-1973
PO Box 8410
Asheville NC 28814
RNeufeld@charter.net


The Big Read Book of 2008



My Antonia
by Willa Cather

The Together We Read Book of 2008



Boone
by Robert Morgan

The Big Read Youth Supplement 2008



Littlejim
by Gloria Houston

The Big Read Picture Book Supplement 2008



My Great-Aunt Arizona
by Gloria Houston
THE BIG READ NEWS

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


Together We Read Board:

  • Mark Pumphrey, Director, Polk County Library System—Chair
  • Janet McDonald, Accountant, Mars Hill Public Library board member—Vice-Chair
  • Don Deibert, Glad Tithings Foundation—treasurer
  • Helen Wykle, Director, Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA - Secretary
  • Dr. Janet Bowman, professor of education, UNCA
  • Tracey Daniels, Senior Partner of Media Masters Publicity, a literary publicity firm
  • Tom Dechant, Dean of Arts and Sciences, A-B Tech—past president
  • Doc Henderson, A-B Tech assistant
  • Karen Loughmiller, Librarian, West Asheville Library
  • Brian Railsback, Professor at Western Carolina University
  • Jennifer Parrack-Rogers, English instructor, Blue Ridge Technical Community College
  • Donna Seymour, Librarian, Mars Hill College
  • Ed Sheary, Director of Libraries, Asheville-Buncombe Library System

    TWR Director: Rob Neufeld

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
  • Many other individual and institutional donors