Rhode Island Center for the Book

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Rhode Island Center for the Book

| formation = 2003

| location = 514 Bellevue Ave, Newport, Rhode Island

| coordinates = {{coord|41.4676226|-71.308123}}

| website = URL|https://ribook.org/

}}

The Rhode Island Center for the Book is a non-profit organization and an affiliate of the United States National Center for the Book in Rhode Island. Founded in 2003, the organization runs a number of book- and reading-related programs, including Reading Across Rhode Island and Kids Reading Across Rhode Island, an annual initiative that encourages Rhode Islanders across the state to read and discuss one book, by providing books and programing; the Letters about Literature, a youth essay contest; and the Youth Poetry Initiative, which is supported by Rhode Island Poet Laureate Tina Cane. <ref>LAROCHE, TONY. "Reading Across Rhode Island chooses novel about Vietnam." Providence Journal (RI), 1 ed., sec. Features, 3 Feb. 2013, p. BOOKS_01. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152420FFD3992A88. Accessed 15 Feb. 2020.</ref> The center also maintains a membership program and hosts events separate from its programs.

The Rhode Island Center for the book resides within the Pell Center for International Relations and Diplomacy at Salve Regina University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pellcenter.org/rhode-island-center-for-the-book-to-reside-at-salve-regina-universitys-pell-center/|title=Rhode Island Center for the Book to Reside at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center|date=2018-11-28|website=The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref> It was hosted by, and continues to be supported by, the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rihumanities.org/a-new-chapter-for-ri-center-for-the-book/|title=A New Chapter for RI Center for the Book|website=rihumanities.org|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref>

External Links

[https://ribook.org/past-selections/ Past selections of the Rhode Island Center for the Book's Reading Across Rhode Island program]