One Book, One Community 2009 Wrap-up
Danbury's second city-wide reading event, One Book, One Community, came to a successful conclusion on October 28, with the appearance by Michael Greenberg, the author of this year's book, Hurry Down Sunshine, his harrowing account of the summer his 15-year-old daughter first experienced bi-polar disorder. During October the Danbury Library, Danbury High School and WCSU presented 21 programs, ranging from book discussions to films to author talks, attended by 1,482 people. The library's 125 copies of the book circulated 371 times between mid-August and the end of October, and 1,789 copies of the book were distributed to WestConn students, faculty and staff. We need to thank our event sponsors for their generous support of OBOC: Friends of the Danbury Library, Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury Cultural Commission, Union Savings Bank, Danbury Hospital, and Ethan Allen Hotel; and also mention our media sponsors for their help in advertising it: Tribuna, Pennysaver, The News-Times, and El Canillita. But mostly we want to thank everyone who participated by reading the book and/or attending any of the programs for making our second annual reading event such a big success and for shedding some much-needed light on the subject of mental illness. We're already working hard to choose a novel for 2010, so stay tuned...