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  • Book Club

    Manotick Afternoon Book Club

    Manotick

    Wednesdays, Oct 11, 2023 - Jun 12, 2024
    3:00pm
    75 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

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    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon.  This group meets every second Wednesday of the month (September to June) See link below for this year's selections:

    September 13: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

    October 11: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

    November 8: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    December 13: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

    January 10: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

    February 14: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

    March 13: Lady Byron & Her Daughters by Julia Markus

    April 10: Bluebird by Genevieve Graham

    May 8: This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    June 12 (meeting outside library): Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in A Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox

  • EU Book Club Slovak Republic

    Sunnyside

    Wednesday Oct 11, 2023 at 5:30pm
    180 minutes

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    Join us for the ultimate armchair travel around Europe. The European Book Club is offered in partnership with European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ottawa to promote contemporary European authors and their works. A book title from an EU country is selected for discussion each month.

    In October, we are discussing Boat Number Five by Monika Kompanikova.

  • Nepean Centrepointe Book Club

    Nepean Centrepointe

    Thursday Oct 12, 2023 at 1:30pm
    90 minutes

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    Meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members.  All are welcome.

    October 12 book: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

  • Sunnyside 2nd Friday Book Club

    Sunnyside

    Fridays, Oct 13, 2023 - Jun 14, 2024
    1:30pm
    90 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

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    Meet new people and join in discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere every second Friday of the month. Newcomers are welcome.

  • Stittsville Open Book Club

    Stittsville

    Mondays, Oct 16, 2023 - Jun 10, 2024
    10:30am
    120 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

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    Share the enjoyment of books in a relaxed atmosphere on the Second Monday of the month.

    The Stittsville Open book club is a drop in that runs monthly from September to June.

     Books are available at the Stittsville branch Hub (central desk). 
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    Cercle littéraire

    Beaverbrook

    Mondays, Oct 16, 2023 - Jun 17, 2024
    7:00pm
    90 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

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    Partagez avec nous le plaisir des livres dans une ambiance détendue. Le 3e lundi soir de chaque mois. Bienvenue aux nouveaux venus.
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    North Gloucester Library Book Club

    North Gloucester

    Tuesdays, Oct 17, 2023 - Dec 19, 2023
    11:00am
    90 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

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    Drop in to meet with other book lovers in the neighbourhood and chat about your latest reads. Third Tuesday of the month, nearly year-round, with the exception of July & August. Drop-in.

  • Rideau Morning Book Club

    Rideau

    Thursdays, Oct 19, 2023 - May 16, 2024
    10:15am
    75 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

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    Join us as we share the enjoyment of reading and discuss books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome. 

    Sept 21 - Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

    Oct 19 - The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

    November 16 - Rocannon's World (in Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

    January 18 - The White Hare by Jane Johnson

    February 15 - Woman, Watching : Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Merilyn Simonds

    March 21 - The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

    April 18 - Different by Frans De Waal

    May 16 - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    The book club  meets on the third Thursday of each month at 10:15-11:30 except July, August and December, when there is no meeting. You can place a hold on library copies in advance

  • Science Fiction Fantasy Book Club

    Nepean Centrepointe

    Thursday Oct 19, 2023 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

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    Join us to discuss books from the science fiction and fantasy genres each month.  All are welcome.  Registrants are responsible for securing a copy of the book to read or listen to.

    This month's book is Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum. 

  • Sunnyside Mystery Book Club

    Sunnyside

    Fridays, Oct 20, 2023 - Jun 21, 2024
    2:00pm
    60 minutes

    8 sessions remaining

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    Do you enjoy reading mysteries? Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussion usually every third Friday of the month.