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Monday Evening Book Club

Rideau

Monday May 06, 2024 at 7:00pm
90 minutes

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Share the pleasure of reading and discussing books ranging from the classics to the contemporary, but mostly fiction, in a relaxed atmosphere

(If the first Monday of a month falls on a Civic Holiday, the book club will be postponed to the following week)

January 8 - The Trees by Percival Everett (US)

February 5 - The Magician by Colm Toibin (Irish)

March 4 - The World: A Family History of Humanity by Simon Sebag Montefiore (non-fiction)

April 8 - White Noise by Don DeLillo (US)

May 6 - What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad (Canadian, Giller)
Rockcliffe Park Book Club

Rockcliffe Park

Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 04, 2024
1:30pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from September 2023 to June 2024.

Here is the list of books that will be discussed at each month's meeting. Click each book titles below to place a hold.

5 September, 2023: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tania Talaga

3 October, 2023: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

7 November, 2023: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston

5 December, 2023: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

2 January, 2024: Red Notice by Bill Browder

6 February, 2024: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

5 March, 2024: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre

2 April, 2024: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

7 May, 2024: Hamnet and Judith by Maggie O’Farrell

4 June, 2024: State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton

This is a drop in program. All are welcome. No registration required.
Dickinson Reads Book Club 2023-24

Ruth E. Dickinson

Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 12, 2024
10:00am
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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We meet to enjoy lively good-natured discussions of a wide variety of books selected by our members. All assessments, interpretations, and opinions are valued and respected. Everyone is welcome!
Book Chat - Canada, A Portrait in Letters

Centennial

Wednesday May 08, 2024 at 1:30pm
90 minutes

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for a lively discussion of Canada, A Portrait in Letters by Charlotte Gray. Discussion held in English. Drop-In.
Manotick Afternoon Book Club

Manotick

Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 12, 2024
3:00pm
75 minutes
2 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: Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in A Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox
Orléans Book Chats

Orléans

Thursdays, May 09, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Second Thursday of every month. New members welcome.

April 2024: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

May 2024: Violeta by Isabel Allende

June 2024: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam Chancy
Sunnyside 2nd Friday Book Club

Sunnyside

Fridays, May 10, 2024 - Jun 14, 2024
1:30pm
90 minutes
2 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, May 13, 2024 - Jun 10, 2024
10:30am
90 minutes
2 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).
Osgoode Book Club

Osgoode

Monday May 13, 2024 at 1:30pm
60 minutes

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Join us as we discuss "Caste" by Isobel Wilkerson.

Copies of the book are available at the Osgoode Service Hub. Drop In.
Parent Book Club

Sunnyside

Mondays, May 13, 2024 - Oct 07, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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This is a book club, conversation space and community for parents or caregivers of little people who are looking for shared connection on the struggles and joys of parenting. Sleepless nights, big emotions, stepping on a toy car that feels like a shard of glass and surprise jam on your best work shirt, parenting is not always the social media perfect picnic it is cracked up to be. At the same time you love them to bits and are trying to merge the life before them with your current reality while also keeping all the balls in the air and doing your best to raise kind and thoughtful humans amidst a crazy and changing world.

Explore concepts of parenting, identity and the ever present “mom or dad guilt”.

If you don’t have time to read the book, still come! Chill vibes and welcoming space.