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Cover to Cover: Nightfall Forum

Cumberland

Thursdays, Oct 31, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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Cover to Cover has multiplied!

Joins us once a month for lively discussions on books in a variety of genres and voices.

Starting September 2024, there will be two groups reading the same books, but at different times of the year. Choose a morning session - Daybreak Discussions - or evening session - Nightfall Forum - that works with your schedule.

When you register for a session, there is no need to request a physical copy, as one will be ready for you! If you would prefer a different format such as an e-book or audiobook, please click on the title link below to place a hold through your own account.

By registering for this program, you are registering for a Thursday evening session. To register for a Tuesday morning session, please visit Cover to Cover: Daybreak Discussions.

FALL SESSIONS - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

September 26: Starter Villain, by John Scalzi
October 31: The Librarianist, by Patrick DeWitt
November 28: This Time Tomorrow, by Emma Straub
December 19: This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal Al-Mohtar

WINTER SESSIONS ❄ Registration opens December 2024 ❄

January: The Innocents, by Michael Crummey
February: Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
March: Theory of Crows, by David Robertson

SPRING SESSIONS ❀ Registration opens March 2024 ❀

April: Klara and the Sun, by Keigo Ishiguro
May: Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang
June: Bring Your Favourite Book Party!
Book Banter (2024-2025 Season)

Hazeldean

Fridays, Nov 01, 2024 - Mar 07, 2025
1:30pm
90 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere at the Hazeldean Library.

Join us for discussions on the first Friday of every month.

September 13: Meet & Greet - Talk about our summer reading

October 4: "All Things Consoled" by Elizabeth Hay (Memoir)

November 1: "Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman (Fiction)

December 6: "State of Terror" by Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny (Fiction)

No Meeting in January

February 7: "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline (Canadian)

March 7: "Cul-de-Sac" by Joy Fielding (Canadian-Mystery)

April 4: "Looking for Jane" by Heather Marshall (Canadian)

May 2: "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Canadian-Fiction)

June 6: "The Dinner" by Herman Koch (Fiction)
Monday Evening Book Club

Rideau

Mondays, Nov 04, 2024 - Dec 02, 2024
6:45pm
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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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)

September 9 - Metamorphosis by F. Kafka

October 7 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

November 4 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

December 2 - A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Parents Circle Book Club

Sunnyside

Mondays, Nov 04, 2024 - Apr 07, 2025
7:00pm
60 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Welcome to the Parents Circle Book Club.

A book club for busy moms (inclusive of all caregivers who play a mom like role in a child's life) who would like a chance to connect over a good book and have conversation with other parents.

October 7, 2024 - Everything I Never Told You

November 4, 2024 - The Push

February 3, 2025 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

March 10, 2025 - Kukum

April 7, 2024 - An American Marraige: A Novel
Rockcliffe Park Adult Bookclub

Rockcliffe Park

Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Jun 03, 2025
1:30pm
60 minutes
8 sessions remaining

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The Rockcliffe Park Book Club gathers to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. Please join in to share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon.

The group will meet the first Tuesday of every month. The initial meeting will be Tuesday, September 3 from 1:30-2:30 pm.

September 3, 2024: The House of Doors by Twan Eng Tan

October 1, 2024: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

November 5, 2024: Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf

December 3, 2024: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry

January 7, 2025: The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

February 4, 2025: The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

March 4, 2025: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

April 1, 2025: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott

May 6, 2025: West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge

June 3, 2025: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
Reading Group #1

Carlingwood

Wednesdays, Nov 06, 2024 - Jun 04, 2025
2:00pm
90 minutes
8 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere!

Sept-June.

1st Wednesday of the month.

January 2025 session will be held January 8th.

September 2024 - June 2025 Selections

September 4th :
Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin

October 2nd:
After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

November 6th:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

December 4th:
The Adversary by Michael Crummey

January 8th:
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

February 5th:
Erebus by Michael Palin

March 5th:
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

April 2nd :
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

May 7th:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

June 4th:
The Future by Catherine Leroux
Silent Book Club

Manotick

Wednesdays, Nov 06, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Wouldn't it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books—without any homework? At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading, just reading in companionable silence!

Each Silent Book Club will start with a short intro, where everyone gets to share what they are reading. Then there's silent reading hour! No pressure, no homework questions, just quiet social time with other people who love to read.

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Novel Conversations

Beaverbrook

Thursdays, Nov 07, 2024 - Jun 05, 2025
1:30pm
90 minutes
8 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. First Thursday of every month. New members welcome.
Book Banter (September to December 2024)

Alta Vista

Thursdays, Nov 07, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
2:00pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussions on the first Thursday of every month from 2 to 3 p.m.

September 12 : Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie (Note the date change)

October 3: The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles

November 7: REMEMBER: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova

December 5: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

All meetings are scent-free.
Carp Book Club 2024

Carp

Thursdays, Nov 07, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
2:30pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome! Drop-in program.

This group meets the first Thursday of the month 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

July 4 "A World Elsewhere" by Wayne Johnston

August 1 "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles

September 5 "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery

October 3 "Peacekeeper's Daughter" by Tanya Bellehumeur-Allat

November 7 "Fire Weather: the Making of the Beast" by John Vaillant

December 5 "Fleishman is in Trouble" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner