Book Club

Join us for a discussion of the Vermont Reads 2024 selection - Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow. With its themes of rural life, resilience, class differences, addiction and recovery, housing and food insecurity, a deep relationship to the land, and the power of community, this is a timely and compelling read. Copies of the book…

This month, we’ll discuss Jack Mayer’s Before the Court of Heaven. Limited copies of the book are available at the first-floor circulation desk. New members welcome!

You watched the webinar, you saw the exhibit, now come together with fellow readers and art-appreciators for the book club! For our inaugural meeting, we're discussing Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation, a novel about generations, agribusiness, GMO's, activism, seeds, and Idaho. This work pairs perfectly with the felt seed works of Lorna McMaster, currently on…

This month we'll discuss Jack Mayer's Before the Court of Heaven. Limited copies of the book are available at the first-floor circulation desk. New members welcome!

Ever wonder what happens when you're about to die? If so, you won't want to miss our June meeting where we'll discuss The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments. Written by hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos who recounts the most impactful experiences she's had with the people she's worked with. Copies of the book are…

Join us for a thrilling pop-up book club, facilitated by The Flying Pig Bookstore's Elizabeth Bluemle, to discuss Eric Rickstad's new novel Lilith! Copies are available at the front desk.  

The Exhibitionists are back, and this time they're taking on Alasdair Gray's post-modern pastiche of Victorian literature: Poor Things. Heavily influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (also influencing some artists in the New England Now exhibition), Poor Things is a delightfully playful novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters. Gray was a…

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is an unlikely story of finding a family in an unlikely place--and realizing that the family is your own. Limited copies are available at the front desk. New members welcome! 

Based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law, this novel is sure to pull you in. Copies are available at the front desk, and new members are welcome!