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Bella Vista Book Club
Mon, February 24, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Charles Santore Library
Get together with your neighbors to discuss great books! This month, the Book Club will be discussing My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
Africa and Latin America Reading Group
Sat, February 29, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Africa and Latin America Reading Group
Sat, February 29, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Adult Reading Club: Color's Blues
Mon, March 2, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us in the Education, Philosophy & Religion Department as we read and discuss Philadelphia author, Lee Ruben's novel, which delves into the steamy underworld during the Harlem Renaissance era. Copies of the book chapters will be available. Snacks will be provided. To register…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson.
Mon, March 9, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. Just Mercy: A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of…
Holmesburg Book Club
Mon, March 9, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
Holmesburg Book Club Join Holmesburg Library’s ongoing Book Club. Stop by to learn more about the club and meet its members.
Book Club for Kids
Tue, March 10, 2020
5:00 P.M.
Logan Library
Do you like to read? Do you like to talk? Join those two things at our monthly book club. Check in at the library to see what we are reading this month.
Crimes and Mysteries Bookish Club
Thu, March 19, 2020
11:30 A.M.
Whitman Library
Do you love a good mystery? Join us on the third Thursday of each month for a casual chat about our favorite detective series, true crime podcasts, unsolved cases, cozy mysteries and more. We’ll pick a different book to read and discuss each month, but there’s no pressure to…
Holmesburg Book Club
Mon, March 23, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
Holmesburg Book Club Join Holmesburg Library’s ongoing Book Club. Stop by to learn more about the club and meet its members.
Falls Book Group
Mon, March 30, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Book Discussion Group
Tue, March 31, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Workplace
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Parkway Central Library
Join us every month to discuss books that tackle issues shaping our jobs and the economy. This month we will be talking about Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. An award-winning journalist sets out on the road to explore the new phenomenon of…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | Underland: A Deep Time Journey, Robert MacFarlane
Mon, April 13, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of…
Falls Book Group
Mon, April 27, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be American Pastoral by Philip Roth. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | Beaten Down, Worked up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor, Steven Greenhouse
Mon, May 11, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. Beaten Down, Worked up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor From longtime New York Times labor…
Falls Book Group
Mon, May 18, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia and the Richest Most Destructive Industry on Earth, Rachel Maddow
Mon, June 8, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia and the Richest Most Destructive Industry on Earth Big Oil and Gas…
Adult Reading Club: Color's Blues
Mon, June 8, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us in the Education, Philosophy & Religion Department as we read and discuss Philadelphia author, Lee Ruben's novel, which delves into the steamy underworld during the Harlem Renaissance era. Copies of the book chapters will be available. Snacks will be provided. To register…
Falls Book Group
Mon, June 29, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
The book selection for this month will be The Untelling by Tayari Jones. The Falls Book Group is one of the Free Library's longest running programs and is open to all. Interested in joining? For reading selections or to attend a meeting, please reach out to the adult…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, Daniel Immerwahr
Mon, July 13, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas…
Intelligent by Design Nonfiction Book Group | Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez
Mon, August 10, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Independence Library
We read critically acclaimed nonfiction. All readers welcome. Please join our discussions. For additional information, please call 215- 685-1633. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic…