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BOOK DISCUSSIONS




 
LITERATURE FOR A LIFETIME

Schedule of book discussions for children and families

Find a town near you and click on the program name to see a description and book list.  We provide copies of books for loan through the hosting library.


Summer 2008 Schedule

East Windsor

Library Association of Warehouse Point

107 Main Street

860-623-5482

Empire Falls, Richard Russo

July 16, 7:00pm

with B. J. Smith

 

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

Aug 20, 7:00pm

with B. J. Smith

Forestville

Manross Library

260 Central Street

860-584-7790

Inheritance, Natalie Danford

July 10, 5:30pm

Groton

Groton Public Library

52 Newtown Road

860-441-6750

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

July 9, 7:00pm

 

Hamden

Hamden Memorial Library

2901 Dixwell Avenue

203-287-2680

Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Jacobs

July 28, 7:00pm

 

 

A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas

Aug 25, 2008, 7:00pm

 

Harwinton

Harwinton Public Library

80 Bentley Drive

860-485-9113

Marley & Me, John Grogan

Aug 18, 7:00pm

with Brian Trent

Lebanon

Jonathan Trumbull Library

580 Exeter Road

860-642-7763

Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

July 17, 6:30pm

with Susan Topping

Middlebury

Middlebury Public Library

30 Crest Road

203-758-2634

Stories: Voyages of Men, Women and the Sea

June 3, 17, July 1, 15, 6:00pm

with Jason Hine

New Milford

New Milford Public Library

24 Main Street

860-355-1191, ext. 201

Connecticut Sisters in Crime: The New Heroine

June 18, July 9, 30, Aug 20, 7:00pm

with Patricia D’Ascoli

Rowayton

Rowayton Library

33 Highland Avenue

203-838-5038

Scene of the Crime

July 16, 23, 30, Aug. 6, 6:00pm

with Mark Schenker

 

Mountain Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder

July 22, 12:00 Noon

with Mark Schenker

 

Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson

July 30, 7:00pm

with Gary Storhoff

 

Beloved, Toni Morrison

Aug 27, 7:00pm

with Mark Schenker

 

The Reading Group, Elizabeth Noble

The Three Miss Margarets, Louise Shaffer

The Ladies of Garrison Gardens, Louise Shaffer

Family Acts, Louise Shaffer

Call library for dates and time.

 

Southington

Southington Library & Museum

255 Main Street

860-628-0947

Atonement, Ian McEwan

July 10, 7:00pm

with David Garnes

 

The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

Aug 14, 7:00pm

with Marsha Bonsavage

 

A Year in the World, Frances Mayes

Sept 10, 7:00pm

with Sara de Beer

Wallingford

Ashlar Village

Cheshire Road

203-679-6017

O Pioneers! and My Antonia, Willa Cather

June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 1:00pm

with Christopher Brown

 

Loving Frank, Nancy Horan

July 22, 7:00pm

Wethersfield

Wethersfield Public Library

515 Silas Deane Hwy

860-257-2811

Hidden Selves/Public Selves

July 10, 17, 24, 31, 7:00pm

with B. J. Smith

 

Readings:

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Double Bind, Chris Bohjalian

Peony in Love, Lisa See

Open Secrets, Alice Munro