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Get your free copy of this year's UCSB Reads book, "Into the Beautiful North," at a free giveaway event featuring UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang, Executive Vice Chancellor David Marshall, and University Librarian Denise Stephens.

Friday, January 13th, 2017 - 1:25pm


Join UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang, Executive Vice Chancellor David Marshall, and University Librarian Denise Stephens for the annual book giveaway to kick off the 2017 UCSB Reads program. Free copies of this year's selection, "Into the North" by Luis Alberto Urrea, will be handed out to UCSB students on Wednesday, January 18, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Paseo section of the Library.

UCSB Reads is an award-winning campus-wide and community-wide "one book" program started by the UCSB Library and Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas in 2007. Each year, a committee of faculty, staff, students, and community partners convene to select an intellectually stimulating, interdisciplinary book by a living author that appeals to a wide range of readers and can be incorporated into the UCSB curriculum.

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UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang, University Librarian Denise Stephens, and Dilling Yang pass out books at the 2016 UCSB Reads book giveaway. Credit: UCSB Library