One Book Read Events
This year's One Book Read is A Pearl in the Storm, by Tori Murden McClure. As the culmination of the One Book Read, McClure will visit WKCTC on March 18 and 19, 2025.
March 18 events begin at 5:00 pm with an author reception with free hors d'oeuvres in the Student Center, followed by the author presentation at 6:00 pm in the Clemens Fine Arts Center and book signing in the Student Center. On March 19, the author presentation begins at 11:00 am in the Clemens Fine Arts Center followed by a book signing in the Clemens Gallery.
Join us for a One Book Read Regatta on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 11:00 am in the Student Center and watch contestants race their boats to the finish line in a makeshift water race! Prizes will be awarded for 1st ($100 Amazon gift card), 2nd ($50 Amazon gift card), and 3rd ($25 Amazon gift card) places, and all participants will receive a FREE copy of the One Book Read, A Pearl in the Storm. Contact Amy Sullivan at amy.sullivan@kctcs.edu to register to compete! The first 16 "rowers" will be accepted.
WKCTC students, faculty, and staff, and community members are invited to enter our essay contest that will open in late fall. Cash prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category, and winners will have a special meet-and-greet opportunity with author Tori Murden McClure on March 18, 2025. Please click on the submit button to view the guidelines, topics, and entry form. Contact Kim Russell at kim.russell@kctcs.edu with any questions.
WKCTC students, faculty, and staff, and community members are invited to enter our art contest that will open in late fall. Cash prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category, and winners will have a special meet-and-greet opportunity with author Tori Murden McClure on March 18, 2025. Please click on the submit button to view the guidelines, topics, and entry form. Contact Kim Russell at kim.russell@kctcs.edu with any questions.
February 27, 2025
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Join Dr. Russell and One Book Read committee members for an engaging discussion of the 2024-2025 WKCTC One Book Read, A Pearl in the Storm, by Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A memoir filled with joy, pain, suffering, and romance amidst tragedy, the book makes you feel as if you were rowing right alongside her, surrounded by sea creatures and the beauty and peril of the ocean.
A Pearl in the Storm is available for checkout at WKCTC’s Matheson Library and the McCracken County Public Library in print and eBook formats, or for purchase at the WKCTC bookstore.
Light refreshments will be provided.
