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About the Program
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Support for The Big Read is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Big Read in the Pacific Northwest is also supported, in part, by a grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. The Big Read provides citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities. This initiative comprises innovative reading programs in selected communities; expansive outreach and publicity campaigns, including broadcast and print publicity; compelling resources for discussing outstanding literature; and an extensive Web site offering comprehensive information on the authors and their works. By 2009, approximately 400 towns and cities nationwide will have hosted a Big Read program. Each community's Big Read includes a kick-off event to launch the program locally; major events devoted specifically to the Big Read book (panel discussions, lectures, public readings, and the like); events using the Big Read book as a point of departure (film screenings, theatrical readings, and so forth); and book discussions in diverse locations and aimed at a wide range of audiences. For more information, or to find out how your organization can submit a proposal to join the Big Read, please visit www.neabigread.org. National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal
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