‘Big Read’ voting is open

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Published: October 27, 2009

NORMAN — Pioneer Library System officials are asking for help in selecting the next Big Read book.

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How to vote

People can vote for their favorite now at

www.bigreadok.com. Ballot boxes for in-person voting are in each Pioneer library in Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie counties.

The winner will be announced in December.

The library system participates annually in The Big Read, a community reading initiative through the National Endowment for the Arts.

Library officials narrowed choices for its 2011 reading program to five books. The finalists are "Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, "A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway, "The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan, a selection of stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien.

People can vote for their favorite now at www.bigreadok.com. Ballot boxes for in-person voting are in each Pioneer library in Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie counties. The winner will be announced in December.

The six-week program will include many special events, activities and book discussions at each library branch. It will be the fifth year for the library system to participate in The Big Read.

Activities for the 2010 Big Read begin in March. "The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett was selected as the focus of that event.

Other books that have been featured in previous Big Reads include "The Grapes of Wrath,” "Bless Me, Ultima” and "To Kill a Mockingbird.”