Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland has been chosen as Fairfield Library’s “One Book, One Town” 2025 selection.
The One Book One Town initiative was inspired by a program created by librarian and author Nancy Pearl of the Seattle Public Library’s Washington Center for the Book. She wondered what would happen if everyone in the city read the same book at the same time. Since then, this simple idea has spread across the nation and even the world.
Fairfield began its own community reading initiative, called One Book One Town, in 2006. Spearheaded by Reference Librarian Susan Zuckerman, a group of librarians, teachers and community volunteers gathered to select a book and create a slate of unique and interesting programs for the town. This process goes on annually, resulting in an amazing array of books that have been featured as Fairfield’s One Book in March of each year.
Link to Fairfield Library’s One Book, One Town page.