Welcome to Brooks Reads!

WE HAVE A WINNER!

After a full month of voting, the people of Brooks have selected When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman as the book that Brooks will read in 2010. Courtney Potts, Drive Show Announcer from 101.1FM the Fox Brooks championed the book.

Thanks to everyone for voting!

Congratulations also go to Derry Warner, winner of the Brooks Reads Contest. Derry has won a very cool Library Prize Pack which included a free one year membership to the Library, as well as a copy of Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay.

What is Brooks Reads?

Brooks Reads is hosted by the Brooks Public Library every October, and celebrates literacy and Canadian Library Month. Each year, five local residents are asked to nominate a book of their choice that they feel the community would enjoy reading. Throughout the month of October, Brooks residents are invited to vote online or in the library for the book that they feel should be the one book that 'Brooks Reads' at the end of the month a winner is crowned!

In October 2007 the Brooks Public Library hosted the first ever Brooks Reads competition. Five Brooks residents chose the books that they love to read. After 31 days of intense voting, the community chose Sahara by Clive Cussler as the book that everyone in Brooks should read.

In October 2008, the Brooks Public Library hosted the second Brooks Reads event. At the end of a very close race, the community chose The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans as the book for Brooks to read in 2009.