Book Club
Events
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Pop-up Book Club: Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Join us for a discussion of Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis by urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges. Vermont, like many areas, is grappling with a housing crisis, where rising shelter costs are affecting communities. This book explores the tension between housing as an investment and housing…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: James
Join us for a discussion of James by acclaimed author Percival Everett. In this reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we follow Jim, an enslaved man who overhears he’s…
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Monday Morning Book Club: Orbital
Join us for a discussion of Orbital by Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey. This novel follows six astronauts and cosmonauts from different countries as they orbit Earth for 24 hours. Through…
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Monday Morning 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 that owns the camp—and with a brother who vanished years earlier—her disappearance sets off a…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: All Our Yesterdays
Join us for a discussion of All Our Yesterdays, a debut novel by Joel H. Morris. Set ten years before Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the story explores the early life of Lady Macbeth, from her troubled marriage to a violent husband to her rise alongside the ambitious Macbeth. As she navigates a world of power, political intrigue,…
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Monday Morning 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up-and-coming author Athena Liu dies in a tragic accident, fellow writer June Hayward seizes the moment, and Athena’s unpublished manuscript.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…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Beekeeper of Allepo
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…
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The Real Deal: Book Club & Pizza Party with Author Lindsey Stoddard
Looking for a book that feels close to home? Pick up a copy of The Real Deal at the library and join us for a pizza party and book discussion…
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Monday Morning Book Club: The Art Thief
Join us for a discussion of The Art Thief, a fascinating true-crime narrative by Michael Finkel. The book tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, the world’s most prolific art thief,…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Join us for a discussion of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, the acclaimed debut novel by Carson McCullers. Set in a Georgia mill town during the 1930s, this modern…