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Hulse’s ‘Black River’ selected for Everybody Reads program

Hulse. (Rick Singer Photography / Rick Singer Photography)

“Black River,” the debut novel by former Spokane author S.M. Hulse, has been selected for the 2017 Everybody Reads program for the Lewis-Clark Valley and the Palouse this fall.

Everybody Reads, like the Spokane is Reading and the national Big Read program, encourages entire communities to read the same book, then share in the discussion.

Hulse, who was raised in Spokane and is now teaching at the University of Nevada in Reno, will return to the Inland Northwest for a series of programs centered on her book. “Black River,” which tells the story of a haunted former prison guard who returns to the site of his greatest trauma to face his demons, was PEN/Hemingway Finalist and an American Library Association Notable Book. Hulse also was a finalist for the Washington Book Award for fiction.

The schedule for Everbody Reads features:

Nov. 6: 1 p.m., Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Parkway, Uniontown, and 7 p.m. Neill Public Library at BellTower, 125 S.E. Spring St., Pullman.

Nov. 7: Noon, Whitman County Library, 102 S. Main St., Colfax (RSVP to 509-397-4366), and 7 p.m. Latah County Library at 1912 Center Great Room, 412 E. Third St., Moscow, Idaho.

Nov. 8: Noon, location to be announced, and 7 p.m. Prairie-River Library at Nezperce Library, 602 Fourth Ave., Nezperce, Idaho.

Nov. 9: Noon, Asotin County Library, 471 Sycamore St., Clarkston, and Lewiston City Library, 411 D St., Lewiston.

The event, now in its 17th year, is presented by Asotin County Library, Lewiston City Library, Prairie River Library District, Whitman County Library, WSU Libraries, Latah County Library District, Lewiston High School Library, Clarkston High School Library, Denny Ashby Memorial Library, Columbia County Library District, and other community partners.

Previous Everybody Reads authors have included Anthony Doerr (“All the Light We Cannot See”), Jim Lynch (“Border Songs”), Jess Walter (“Citizen Vince”), Craig Lesely (“The Sky Fisherman”) and Molly Gloss (“The Hearts of Horses”).

For more information, visit http://everybody-reads.org.

Spokane is Reading

The Spokane Public Library has selected “A Land More Kind Than Home,” by North Carolina writer Wiley Cash, for the annual Spokane is Reading program.

Cash will visit on Nov. 9 and give two presentations, one at 1 p.m. at the Spokane Valley Event Center, 10514 E. Sprague Ave., and at 7 p.m. at the Spokane Public Library, downtown branch, 906 W. Main Ave.

For more information, visit http://spokaneisreading.org/. It is presented by the Spokane Public Library, the Spokane County Library District, and Auntie’s Bookstore.