Book Club
Exhibitionist’s Book Club: Making a Noise Tour
The Exhibitionists are back with another great book club series, pairing wonderful books with exhibits currently on display at the Shelburne Museum. For October we're pairing Mona Susan Power's historical saga A Council of Dolls (copies available at the front desk) with the museum's exhibit of Indigenous sound and textile design: Make a Noise. To…
Exhibitionist’s Book Club: A Council of Dolls
The Exhibitionists are excited to pair the museum’s interactive Indigenous textile art exhibit, Make a Noise, with a powerful historical and magical-realist family saga. The Council of Dolls explores the devastating effects of settler colonialism through multiple perspectives, including the voices of dolls passed down through generations of Yanktonai Dakota women. Written by Standing Rock…
Friends of the Pierson Library Fall Book Sale
Join us for the ultimate book lover's paradise at our Friends of the Pierson Library Fall Book Sale! With thousands of titles to choose from, you're sure to find your next favorite read. Plus, indulge your sweet tooth with delicious homemade pies available for purchase. Don't miss this opportunity to stock up on books and…
Friends of the Pierson Library Fall Book Sale
Join us for the ultimate book lover's paradise at our Friends of the Pierson Library Fall Book Sale! With thousands of titles to choose from, you're sure to find your next favorite read. Plus, indulge your sweet tooth with delicious homemade pies available for purchase. Don't miss this opportunity to stock up on books and…
Monday Morning Book Club: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Join us for a discussion of The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Nuri is a beekeeper and his wife, Afra, is an artist. They live a peaceful life in the hills of Aleppo until war tears everything apart. Forced to flee their home, the couple embarks on a harrowing journey through Turkey and Greece…
Tuesday Night Book Club: God of the Woods
Join us for a discussion of God of the Woods, the latest novel by Liz Moore. Set in the Adirondacks in 1975, the story begins when 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar disappears from summer camp. As the daughter of the family who owns the camp—and with a brother who vanished years earlier—her disappearance sets off a…
Monday Morning Book Club: James
Join us for a discussion of James by acclaimed author Percival Everett. In this reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we follow Jim, an enslaved man who overhears he’s about to be sold away from his family and escapes to Jackson Island. Meanwhile, Huck Finn, fleeing his abusive father, embarks on a dangerous journey down…
Tuesday Night Book Club: Yellowface
Join us for a discussion of Yellowface, the bestselling novel by R.F. Kuang. When up-and-coming author Athena Liu dies in a tragic accident, fellow writer June Hayward seizes the moment, and Athena’s unpublished manuscript. Rebranded as Juniper Song, June rockets to literary fame with a stolen story about Chinese laborers in World War I. But…
Tuesday Night Book Club: The Blood of Flowers
Join us for a discussion of The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani, a richly imagined historical novel set in 17th-century Persia. The story follows a gifted young carpet weaver whose life is upended after her father’s death leaves her and her mother without a dowry. Traveling to Isfahan to work as servants in the…
Canceled Monday Morning Book Club: Flashlight
Today's book club meeting is canceled due to the winter weather warning. We will discuss this title and our next book at the February meeting.