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Book Clubs

Join your friends and neighbours in informal yet stimulating conversations by sharing your thoughts on our book club selections. Your library’s book clubs continue to grow in popularity and are constantly adding fresh and engaging titles to their rosters.

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In-Person Book Clubs

*New* Cayuga Book Club

Meetings are on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30pm in the Cayuga Library.

Upcoming selections:

August 29th, 2024 – “Pew” by Catherine Lacey

September 26th. 2024 “Looking for Jane”  by Heather Marshall(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

October 31st, 2024 “The Art Thief” by Michael Finkel(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

November 28th, 2024 “It’s One of Us” by J.T. Ellison(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

No Meeting in December

2025

January 30th, 2025 “Never Let me Go” by Kazoo Ishigurone (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary)

February 27th, 2025 “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary) (eAudiobook-CloudLibrary)

March 27th, 2025 “Pageboy” by Elliot Page (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary) (eAudiobook-CloudLibrary)

April 24th, 2025 “Power of the Dog” by Thomas Savage (eAudiobook-Libby)

May 29th, 2025 “Under the Whispering Door” by T.J. Klune (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)  (eAudiobook-CloudLibrary)

June 26th, 2025 “Call Me By Your Name” by Andre Aciman (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eAudiobook-CloudLibrary)

July 3st, 2025 “Tom Lake” by Anne Patchett (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary)

August 28th, 2025 “Waiting for Gertrude: Graveyard Gothic” by Bill Richardson

September 25th, 2025 “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Wolfe  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary) 

October 30th, 2025 “The Reformatory “ by Tananarive Due (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook-CloudLibrary)

November 27th, 2025 “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jaqueline Harpman (eBook-Libby)

*December 18th, 2025 “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson  (eBook-CloudLibrary) 

*One Week Early Due to the Holiday Break*

Caledonia Book Club

Caledonia Book Club

Meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. at the Caledonia Library

Upcoming selections:

2024

January 10th “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography” by Agatha Christie or “Agatha Christie A Biography”  by Janet Morgan 

February 14th “The Judge’s List”  by John Grisham(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

March 13th “All the Light We Cannot See“ by Anthony Doerr(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)(eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

April 10th “The Diviners” by Margaret Laurence (eBook-Libby)

May 8th “Raven Black” by Anne Cleeves (eBook-Libby)

June 12th “A Town Called Solace” by Mary Lawson (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

July 10th “The Bell Jar” by Silvia Plath (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

August 14th “Fahrenheit 541” by Ray Bradbury (eBook-Libby) (eBook-Audiobook-Libby)

September 11th “Orlando: A Biography” by Virgina Wolf(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

October 9th“Zero Days” by Ruth Ware (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook- Libby) 

November 13th “The Troubled Man” by Henning Mankell  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook- Libby)

December 11th   “The Four Winds” by Kristen Hannah  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook- Libby) 

2025

January 8th “A Sunless Sea” by Anne Perry (eBook-Libby)

February 12th “The Colony of Unrequited Dreams” by Wayne Johnston (eBook-Libby) 

March 12th “White Nights” by Ann Cleeves (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook- Libby)

April 9th “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook- Libby) 

Dunnville Readers Club

Dunnville Readers Club

Meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30p.m.at the Dunnville Library.

Upcoming selections:

 

January 17th,  2024 – “Poison Wood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver

February 21th,  2024 – “The Forgotten Garden”   by Kate Morton (eBook-Libby)

March 20th, 2024 – “Pull of the Stars”  by Emma Donoghue (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

April 17th, 2024 – “On One Would Listen” by Mary Markopolos

May 15th, 2024 – “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers  (eBook-Libby)

June 19th, 2024 – “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary) (DVD)

July 17th, 2024 –“The Stolen Hours”  by Allen Eskens

August 21st, 2024 –“The Edge of Eternity” by Ken Follett (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

September 18th, 2024 –“Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

October 16th. 2024 –“Women Talking” by Miriam Towes (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

November 20th, 2024 –“The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro (eBook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

Grace Book Club (Caledonia)

Grace Book Club (Caledonia)

Meetings on the last Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Caledonia Library.

2024

January 29th, 2024– “The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan

February 26th, 2024 – “And Then She Vanishes” by Claire Douglas ((eBook-Libby)

March 25th, 2024 –“The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” by Alan Bradley (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

April 29th, 2024 –“Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir” (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

May 27th, 2024 – “The Humans” by Matt Haig(eBook-Libby)

June 24th,  2024 –“Fayne” by Anne-Marie MacDonald(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

No meetings in July and August

September 30th, 2024 –“On a Night of a Thousand Stars” by Andrea Yaryura Clark

Monday October 28th 2024 – “Becoming” by Michelle Obama (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary)

Monday November 25th 2024 – Any title by Kate Atkinson (Libby) (CloudLibrary)

Monday December 30th 2024 – “Educated” by Tara Westover (eBook-Libby)

2025

Monday January 27th 2025 – “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

Monday February  24th 2025 – “The Moor’s Last Sigh” by Salman Rushdie (eBook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) 

Monday March 31st 2025 – “The Glassmaker” by Tracy Chevalier (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

Monday April 28th – “Lives of Girls and Women” by Alice Munro (eBook-Libby)  (eBook – CloudLibrary) 

Jarvis Book Club

Jarvis Book Club

Meetings on the 2nd Monday of each month at 2 p.m. at the Jarvis Library.

Upcoming selections:

October 7th, 2024         “Horse“ by Geraldine Brooks  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

November 11th, 2024          “The Lost Man“ by Jane Harper  (eBook – Libby)  (eAudiobook – Libby)

(eAudiobook – CloudLibrary)

December 9th, 2024               “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow“ by Gabrielle Zevin (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

January 13th, 2025             Annual Christmas Party

February 10th, 2025             “Dear Life” by Alice Munro  (eBook – Libby)  (eAudiobook – CloudLibrary)

March 10th, 2025           “The Radium Girls” by Kate Moore  (eBook – Libby)  (eAudiobook – Libby)   (eBook – CloudLibrary)

April 14th, 2025          “Denison Avenue” by Christina Wong (eBook – Libby)   (eAudiobook – Libby)   (eBook – CloudLibrary)   (eAudiobook – CloudLibrary)

May 12th, 2025           “North Woods” by Daniel Mason (eBook – Libby)  (eAudiobook – Libby)   (eBook – CloudLibrary)

June 9th, 2025           “Recipes for a Good Life” by Lesley Crewe  (eBook – Libby) 

Selkirk Book Club

Selkirk Book Club

Meetings on the last Monday of the month at 1:00p.m. at the Selkirk Library.

Upcoming selections:

January 29th    “The Forgotten Daughter” by Joanna Goodman   (eBook-Libby)   (eAudiobook-Libby)

February 26th    “The Spoon Stealer”  by Lesley Crewe  (eBook-Libby)  (eBook – CloudLibrary)

March 25th         ” Dear Mrs. Bird”  by A.J. Pearce  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

April 29th          “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by  Gail Honeyman   (eBook-Libby)   (eAudiobook-Libby)

May 27th         “What Alice Forgot” by Laine Moriarty (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

June 24th         “Ask Again – Yes” by Mary Beth Keane(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

July 29th           “A Life Without Water” by Marci Bolden  (eBook-Libby)

August 26th      “The Alice Network” by Kate Quinn(eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby)

**September 23rd  “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid  (eBook-Libby) (eAudiobook-Libby) (eBook – CloudLibrary) (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

October 30th           “The Paris Library” by Janet Skeslien Charles(eBook-Libby)  (eAudiobook-Libby)

November 25th      “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus  (eBook-Libby)  (eAudiobook-Libby)  (eBook – CloudLibrary)  (eAudiboook-CloudLibrary)

** Indicates the meeting is schedules a week early due to stat holiday.

Start Your Own Book Club!

Are you interested in starting up a book club at your local library branch? If so, we would love to hear from you. Book clubs receive support in selecting and acquiring their books as well as monthly access to our meeting rooms for meeting. All clubs must be open to the public. If you are interested in starting a book club, please contact our Community Outrech Coordinator at kkrupicz@haldimandcounty.on.ca

There are more opportunities to learn something new and connect other community members on our Adult Programs page.

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