"The mission of Durham Reads Together is to strengthen the community through a celebration of reading the same book," according to the library. "Durham Reads Together encourages people from all walks of life to read this year's book, and participate in programs and events."
This year's book is by Durham's Dr. Paul Austin, an emergency room doctor at Durham Regional Hospital. If you haven't already started "Something for the Pain," his account of an ER doctor's life, we thought we'd whet your appetite with the excerpt starting on this page, from Chapter One, "Night Shift."
Throughout October, the library will sponsor a series of discussions on the book. All Durham Reads Together 2009 programs are free and open to the public.
Copies of "Something for the Pain" are available for checkout at Durham County Library. For more information, contact Marian Fragola at 919-560-0268 or mfragola@durhamcountync.gov.
Here's a brief schedule of October's events. More details on each program are available at the library's Web site, http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org.
For Better or For Worse: When Your Spouse Has a Stressful Job, October 4 at 3 p.m., Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Yoga for Stress Management, all Mondays in October at 7 p.m., Parkwood Library, 5122 Revere Road.
Faith in Healing, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m., ast Regional, 211 Lick Creek Lane.
ER and the Media, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m., Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Book Discussion with Dr. David Carr, associate professor at UNC's School of Information and Library Science, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m., The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St.
Cutting Edge Medicine Panel Discussion, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., North Regional Library, 221 Milton Road.
Durham Reads Together Red Cross Blood Drive, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Author discussion with Dr. Paul Austin, Oct. 22 at 11 a.m., Durham Technical Community College Educational Resources Center auditorium, 1637 Lawson St.
Healthcare in Hayti, Oct. 24, 11 a.m., Stanford L. Warren Library, 1201 Fayetteville Street.
Meet the Author: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Austin, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m., Doris Duke Center, Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
