January 2016
update
Broward.org/Library
Florida Center for the Book and Broward County Library
invites all of Broward County to join
BIG READ
AWizard OF
Earthsea
Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is one power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered of the most widely admired American fantasy with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible novels of the past 50 years. The book’s elegant shadow upon the world. A Wizard of Earthsea is diction, geographical sweep and mounting the tale of his testing, suspense are how he mastered quite irresistible. the mighty words Earthsea — of power, tamed composed of an an ancient dragon archipelago of and crossed death’s many islands — threshold to restore is a land of the the balance. imagination, like Oz, Faerie or the THE BIG READ, a dream-like realm of community-wide ~ from A Wizard of Earthsea our unconscious. reading project, is Actions there exploring the classic possess an epic coming-of age novel, A grandeur, a mythic Wizard of Earthsea, with a full calendar of events resonance that Inside this issue : including book and film discussions, lectures, we associate with • Martin Luther King, storytelling events, Tai Chi demonstrations, writing romance and fairy Jr. Day Celebrations and visual arts workshops, and other fun, familytale. friendly programs. • South Florida Ged, the greatest Wellness A limited number of free books are available for sorcerer in those wishing to participate in book discussions • World Heritage/ all Earthsea, and other related activities. Cultural Diversity was called
“The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards.”
Big Read: A Wizard of Earthsea
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