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Because of donors like you, the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation supported the 2023 SB Reads distribution and community exploration of over 1,500+ print and digital copies of Isabel Allende’s 2021 novel A Long Petal of the Sea from September to November.
Highlights from SB Reads 2023!
○ Over 460 community members participated in 34 public programs, including workshops, book discussions, lectures, hands-on events, and panels.
○ Programs were offered primarily for adult audiences, but extended to all ages with a storytelling workshop for teens, a book discussion and watercolor activity for 10–15-year-olds, and a storytime for children. October’s Maker Challenge was designed with the intention of exploring the themes on immigration journeys in both A Long Petal of the Sea and Dreamers.
○ Twelve organizations, community members, scholars, and businesses made SB Reads come to life and foster community in different venues, over different mediums with the intention of exploring themes or issues in the novel.
Appreciation for:
■ Wylde Works
■ Buena Onda Empanadas
■ Jenna Tico of Backbone Storytelling
■ Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate
■ Emma Trelles
■ Emily Matteson
■ Dez Alaniz of Honeyboy Press
■ Suzanne Jill Levine
■ Jessica Powell
■ Sarah Fenega and Celina Garcia with SBTrust for Historic Preservation
■ Will Sofrin
■ Tony Ybarra with Ybarra Music
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