The Big Read: Station Eleven @ This House of Books

Here is your chance to share in a book discussion with everyone in the nation right here in Billings. Our first discussion, on Monday, February 4 at 5:00 will be moderated by Julie Schultz who tells us with no little enthusiasm, "I ADORE Station Eleven."

This year's The Big Read novel, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, tells the story of a small band of actors and musicians 20 years after a flu pandemic has wiped out 99% of the Earth's population. Like other books in the post-apocalypse genre, it presents some of the horrors that follow complete social collapse. Unlike other books in the genre, Mandel brings the story into the world that remains 20 years after the collapse, when things have settled a little. Station Eleven describes a world of hope, of people coping with nostalgia and loss, both in the present and the future, of the power of art and relationships to fulfill us, sustain us, and nurture us back to our best selves.

Pick up a FREE copy of Station Eleven and sign up for the discussions at This House of Books. Find out why Julie and others in our community think this book is worthwhile.

This House of Books is participating by presenting discussions on Mondays on February 4, 11, and 18 at 5 pm. Come in now, sign up, and pick up your free copy of the book.

ALL ARE WELCOME. The event is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and handled locally by the Billings Writer's Voice.