Book Club
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up-and-coming author Athena Liu dies in a tragic accident, fellow writer June Hayward seizes the moment, and Athena’s unpublished manuscript.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…
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 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…
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 with Shelburne's own author Lindsey Stoddard! Readers might find a familiar place or two mentioned throughout the story. What better book than one read with…
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, who carried out over 200 heists across Europe. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser stole for the pure love of art, keeping his treasures hidden away to…
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 classic follows a deaf-mute man named John Singer, who becomes an unexpected confidant to a cast of lonely and searching characters: a drifting laborer, an…
Philosophy Book Club: The Analects
This month, Philosophy Book Club is going old school with a classic text of ancient Chinese philosophy The Analects. Composed during the Warring States period (475–221 BC) and finalized during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), this wisdom attributed to Confucius by his followers remains an important work of thought and ethics today.…
Exhibitionists Book Club: Sound, Art, and Ink Tour at Shelburne Museum
The Exhibitionists are back with another great book club series pairing wonderful books with exhibits currently on display at Shelburne Museum. This August we're pairing Carrie Brownstein's rock ‘n’ roll memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (copies available at the library’s front desk), with the museum's exhibit of Higher Ground gig posters: Sound, Art,…
Monday Morning Book Club: Horse
Join us for a discussion of Geraldine Brooks’s Horse. The novel follows the story of an enslaved groom and a racehorse named Lexington, whose bond leads to record-breaking victories across the South. Spanning from the Civil War to 1950s New York and 2019 Washington, DC, the novel intertwines the lives of an artist, a gallery…
Tuesday Night Book Club: A Woman of No Importance
Join us for a discussion of A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell, a true story of heroism, espionage, and resistance. In 1942 the Gestapo called her “the most dangerous of all Allied spies.” They were referring to Virginia Hall, a determined American woman with a prosthetic leg who defied expectations and transformed the…
Exhibitionists Book Club: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
The Exhibitionists are back with another great book club series pairing great books with exhibits currently on display at Shelburne Museum. You might remember Carrie Brownstein as half of the comedy duo that made up the sketch show Portlandia, but punk rockers remember her from the riot grrrl band Sleater-Kinney. We think her memoir pairs…