Community-building, one book at a time

As a @onecityonebook sponsor, we were thrilled to host @boingboing editor and award-winning author Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) to read from this year’s selection: his popular young adult novel Little Brother.

He had a bit of fun with the book promotion:

Created by our neighbors at the San Francisco Public Library (@SFPublicLibrary), One City One Book is an annual citywide literary event that encourages a love of reading and a community connection. One City One Book brings members of the San Francisco community together around one book each year through group discussions and events around the city.

A city-wide book group is yours with @onecityonebook.

On October 1, we co-hosted a reading at Twitter HQ from the book, which involves a teenage hacker using his tech skills to fight back after a terrorist attack on BART. For a city like San Francisco, deeply interested in the nexus of technology, privacy and security, human and civil rights, this tale seems a perfect One City One Book choice. Our own Dana McCallum is a member of the selection committee that helped select Little Brother as this year’s pick.

Cory Doctorow reads at Twitter San Francisco. Photo by Jason Doiy.

For our friends and neighbors here in the Bay Area, follow @onecityonebook for community discussions and local events around the book.