Whether you want to borrow items for your private book club or join one of ours, we can help you find something to read and discuss. This fall, all our book clubs will be meeting online. Our staff are more than happy to help you with eBooks, using Zoom, or with reserving our book club kits for your private group. Please contact us if you would like some one-on-one help by phone or email.

Adult Book Club

Join us each month for a librarian-led book discussion through Zoom. Print books for each meeting become available after each month's discussion. Please contact us to place a hold on these special book club copies. Digital copies will also be available through our various eBook collections.

We meet the on the last Tuesday of the month, with options to join at either 2 pm or 7 pm.

September 29: The Waiting Hours by Shandi Mitchell 

October 27: There There by Tommy Orange 

November 24: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (updated!)

December 22: A special round-table book discussion!

To register: please subscribe to our Adult Book Club Notices to receive full details regarding each book and the monthly Zoom meetings.

 Cookbook Club

Join our monthly online cooking challenge! You don’t have to be an amazing chef to participate in this program but you do need to be open to try new recipes and ingredients. Each month we will send you a new challenge for you to complete and then we will meet online to share our success stories! 

Meetings are at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evenings using Zoom.

October 6: Thanksgiving Side Dishes 

November 3: Cook the Cover 

December 1: H-appy Holidays

To register: please subscribe to our Cookbook Club Notices at least a week before each meeting in order to receive your cooking challenges and details for the monthly Zoom meetings.

 Tween Book Club

Our Tween Book Club for children ages 9 to 12 years meets virtually through Zoom on a Thursday evening once per month.

Our Fall 2020 meeting dates are: September 24, October 22, November 19 and December 17.

Read the book before we meet and then join together virtually for some laughs and fun discussions.

Our next book:  The next Tween Book Club will meet on Thursday September 24 at 7:00 pm. We will be reading The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty.

 

If you wish to join our Tween Book Club or have any questions contact us. 

Read Aloud Chapter Book Club

A read aloud book club for children ages 6 to 8 years. 

Every Wednesday we send you a Read Aloud Chapter Book Club email which includes a video of a chapter book reading, discussion prompts, games, activities, printables and other library resources based on the themes drawn from the book.

Fall 2020 dates:  Wednesdays October 7 – November 25 2020  

Registration for Read Aloud Chapter Book Club weekly emails will begin at 10 am on Wednesday, September 23, and closes at midnight on Monday, October 5.

To register for this program, please go to the first date in this series in our event calendar - Wednesday October 7.

Book Club in a Bag

You can borrow multiple copies of the same title for your book club. Each Book Club in a Bag contains 10 copies of the same book that you may borrow for up to 7 weeks. We have over 70 titles available in the Book Club in a Bag kits.

Visit KitKeeper to see what's available and to make a reservation. We do need 72 hours notice, and it's best to reserve in advance to be sure to get the titles you prefer. If you need helping choosing titles, please reach out to our Information staff at 705-745-5382 x 2340 and we'll be happy to recommend titles specifically for your book club.