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Liberty, TX—Join other readers in a discussion of Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land at the October meeting of the SHC Quarterly Book Club. The club will meet Tuesday, October 28 from 6-7 p.m. at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center (SHC). The selected novel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2021, involves multiple characters connected through the centuries by an ancient work called Cloud Cuckoo Land. This event is fun and free with no membership or registration required.

Featuring fictional works with a connection to the world of museums, archives and libraries, the Sam Houston Center book club is open to all and meets in the Center’s main building at 650 FM 1011 in Liberty. Home to extensive archival holdings documenting Southeast Texas, a library collection and a museum, the Center offers an ideal setting for discussions about novels tied to these fields. Each meeting will be led by SHC staff.

The Sam Houston Center is a component of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and serves as the official regional historical resource depository for the 10 Southeast Texas counties of Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto and Tyler. The Center's primary mission is to collect, preserve and provide access to historically significant state and local government records and publications of the designated region and secondarily to serve as a library of Texana and genealogical resources.

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The Texas State Library and Archives Commission provides Texans access to the information needed to be informed, productive citizens by preserving the archival record of Texas; enhancing the service capacity of public, academic and school libraries; assisting public agencies in the maintenance of their records; and meeting the reading needs of Texans with disabilities. For more information, visit www.tsl.texas.gov.