CONCORD — New Hampshire Humanities is one of 62 organizations nationwide selected to receive a 2023-24 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant of $20,000. The goal of a Big Read is to broaden readers' understanding of the world, their communities, and themselves through the power of a shared reading experience.

In partnership with the Center for the Book at the N.H. State Library, N.H. State Council for the Arts, New Hampshire Public Radio, N.H. Department of Corrections-Family Connections Center, 50 local libraries and community organizations, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Gibson’s Bookstore, and scholars, NHH’s Big Read will bring more than 5,000 Granite Staters together to discuss t selected book, “The Bear" by New Hampshire author Andrew Krivak.

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