New All Iowa Reads Title to be Available at SLS

As many of you have heard, the 2006 book for the All Iowa Reads program will be Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. For more information about this title, you might consider looking at some of the reviews for the book on Amazon (www.amazon.com) or by doing an EBSCO search for a book review. It was a starred title in the August 2004 edition of Booklist!

The SLS office will again be receiving multiple copies of the title in paperback, large print, audio cassette and audio CD. We would love for libraries to host their own book discussion groups on this great book. If you are interested in borrowing our set of books, please let us know ASAP, and we'll get you on our waiting list. Be aware, however, that our copies are not expected to arrive until sometime after mid-January 2006, as the paperback version has not yet been published.

For more information about the All Iowa Reads program, be sure to visit the Iowa Center for the Book website: http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/