Friends of Loveland Public Library Foundation

Loveland Loves to Read

Loveland Loves to Read is our annual One Book, One Community program.

Each year, community members come together through the reading and discussion of a common book. In addition to book discussions, a variety of related events are scheduled.

Donations to Loveland Loves to Read will help us to engage well-known authors in future years. Donations may be made online through this website.

Loveland Loves to Read 2019 - Water in the West: A Conversation

For this year's main Loveland Loves to Read event, authors Paolo Bacigalupi (The Water Knife) and Patty Limerick (A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water) participated in a conversation moderated by Brian Werner (Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District), followed by questions from the audience, and a book signing.

Each of our presenters offered book suggestions for readers interested in following up on some of the themes that were discussed.

FROM PAOLO BACIGALUPI:

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, by Marc Reisner
Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juarez, by Howard Campbell
High County News (magazine)

FROM PATRICIA LIMERICK:

A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, by Wallace Stegner
Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in northern New Mexico, by Stanley Crawford
Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache, Keith Basso.
Written in Water: The Life and Times of Benjamin H. Eaton, by Jane E. Norris

FROM BRIAN WERNER:

Last Water Hole in the West: The Colorado-Big Thompson Project and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, by Daniel Tyler
Silver Fox of the Rockies: Delphus E. Carpenter and Western Water Compacts, by Daniel Tyler