Idaho
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Idaho Center for the Book is to encourage and promote an interest in reading, writing, making, disseminating and collecting books, as well as studying, preserving and sharing the literary and bibliophilic heritage of Idaho.
Boise State English Professor Tom Trusky established the Idaho Center as an affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress in December 1993, and programming began in 1994. Trusky served as director until 2009 and his successor, art professor Stephanie Bacon, led the Center until 2020, at which time the Center relocated to Albertsons Library.
Director
Gwyn Hervochon
e-mail address: idahocenterforthebook@boisestate.edu
Mailing address
Boise State University
1910 University Drive, Mail stop 1430
Boise ID 83725
208-426-1674
Website
URL: https://www.boisestate.edu/archives/icb/ external link
Events/Programs
- Idaho Center for the Book Newsletter external link
- Booker’s Dozen biennial juried exhibit of artists’ books external link
Videos
Great Reads from Great Places
- The Stories Behind the Stories by Danielle Higley (2022)
- All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel (2021)
- Beauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp (2020) external link
Photo Gallery
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Founding director of the Idaho Center for the Book Tom Trusky plays ICB’s Idaho Authors card game with Boise State students, 2003. Photo credit: Boise State University Photo Services. -
The Idaho Center for the Book supported Boise State’s installation of “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Photo credit: Boise State University Photo Services. -
“17th Century Books from the Collection of David and Nancy LeRoy” curated by former Idaho Center for the Book Director Stephanie Bacon, on display with “First Folio!” in 2016. Photo credit: Boise State University Photo Services. -
Current Idaho Center for the Book Director Gwyn Hervochon and 2022 Idaho “Great Reads” author Danielle Higley at an Idaho authors event, 2022. Photo credit: Idaho Center for the Book -
Idaho’s table promoting the 2022 “Great Reads” books at the National Book Festival 2022. Photo credit: Idaho Center for the Book