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SEP
29

Short Stories Discussion Group

Fri, Sep 29   3:00 pm to 4:30 pm   Central Library, Trustees Room

Adults book discussion

Please join us on September 29, at 3:00pm, in person, in the Trustees Room, to participate in the Short Stories Discussion Group. As Dhumketu said: “The short story is that which, like a flash of lightning, pierces right through...

Short Stories Discussion Group

SEP
30

Book Chat: What Are You Reading?

Sat, Sep 30   10:30 am to 12:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Orange Meeting Room

Adults book club book discussion

Reading anything good? Looking for a good recommendation? Come join our Book Chat! Bring a book you've enjoyed that you want to tell others about, and get ready to discover your next great read! 

 

Book Chat: What Are You Reading?

OCT
2

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist  Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Mon, Oct 2   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Sheepshead Bay Library

Adults book club book discussion

Join us at Sheepshead Bay Library on October 2, 2023 for our book discussion group! 

This month’s pick is Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist  Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

“A few years ago...

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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist  Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Book Discussion: Banned Book Club for Teens

Mon, Oct 2   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Washington Irving, Auditorium

Teens & Young Adults after school banned books book club book discussion

From October-May, we will be meeting 2-3 times per month to read and discuss books that have faced banning challenges. Recommended for middle school and high school students.

Snacks will be provided at least for the October sessions...

Book Discussion: Banned Book Club for Teens

OCT
3

Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Tue, Oct 3   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Mapleton Library

Adults book club book discussion

Come join Mapleton library's "No-pressure" book club! 

We have no assigned books and no stressful deadlines. Come join your fellow readers to talk about what you've been reading in a relaxed environment.  

All are...

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Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

OCT
5

Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Thu, Oct 5   1:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Here Bk

Adults book club book discussion

Please join us selected Thursday afternoons @ 1 at the lovely HereBk cafe as we discuss the great Andre Debus lll's novel House of Sand and Fog.

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Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Flatbush Book Club: Empire of Wild

Thu, Oct 5   6:15 pm to 7:30 pm   Flatbush Library

Adults book club book discussion Indigenous Peoples Day

Join Flatbush Library’s monthly book discussion group for a chance to meet your neighbors and read some great books. We read a variety of contemporary fiction and nonfiction.

For October, we’ll be reading Empire of Wild by Cherie...

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Flatbush Book Club: Empire of Wild

OCT
6

BYOB Banned Book Club

Fri, Oct 6   3:30 pm to 5:00 pm   Canarsie Library, Meeting Room

Teens & Young Adults banned books book club book discussion

Bring Your Own Book (manga and graphic novels count!) to our book club in honor of Banned Books Week. We'll be discussing whether your book has been banned and why, and what you think about potential censorship of the title.

BYOB Banned Book Club

OCT
10

Mill Basin Virtual Book Discussion: Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall

Tue, Oct 10   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Virtual

Adults book club book discussion

Brown Girl, Brownstones tells the story of a young Barbadian American caught between the ambitious dreams of her forward-looking mother and the rose-tinted nostalgia of her father. While Selina's mother strives diligently to save enough money to...

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Mill Basin Virtual Book Discussion: Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall

Poetry Circle/Book Club & Discussion with Ashley Mabbitt

Tue, Oct 10   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Adults book club book discussion humanities and art poetry

Join Ashley's Poetry Circle/Book Club discussion of This Strange Garment by Nicole Callahan. We meet every quarter to discuss a volume of poetry.

In addition to our usual discussion, we are very fortunate this time to be joined by...

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Poetry Circle/Book Club & Discussion with Ashley Mabbitt

Adult Book Club/Discussion: We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White

Tue, Oct 10   6:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Adults book club book discussion humanities and art

We are holding our monthly book discussion in person. Join Claire from Brooklyn Heights in our Craft Room for this chat about We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White. This novel has been selected as part of the 2023 Brooklyn Public Library...

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Adult Book Club/Discussion: We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White

OCT
12

Author Talk: Candace Iloh

Thu, Oct 12   6:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Teens & Young Adults author talks book discussion

Join us in conversation with Candace Iloh, author of Salt the Water, Break This House, and Every Body Looking.  They will be joined by fellow National Book Award finalist, Ibi Zoboi.  Please register thought Event Brite at...

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Author Talk:  Candace Iloh

OCT
17

Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Tue, Oct 17   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Mapleton Library

Adults book club book discussion

Come join Mapleton library's "No-pressure" book club! 

We have no assigned books and no stressful deadlines. Come join your fellow readers to talk about what you've been reading in a relaxed environment.  

This week...

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Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Kings Bay In Person Adult Book Discussion: The Librarianist

Tue, Oct 17   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Kings Bay, Meeting Room

Adults book discussion everyone is welcome here

 Join us in person at Kings Bay Library on Monday October 17 from 2 to 3 PM for an adult book discussion pm 
Patrick deWitt's "The Librarianist".

From Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Librarianist-Novel-Patrick-deWitt/dp/...

Kings Bay In Person  Adult Book Discussion: The Librarianist

Book Discussion

Tue, Oct 17   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Flatlands Library

Adults book club book discussion

Please join us in discussing the book Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.

Book Discussion

Author Talk: E. L. Shen

Tue, Oct 17   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Teens & Young Adults author talks book discussion teen time

Join E. L. Shen for a reading and discussion of her Queens-based teen novel:  The Queens of New York!  We will meet in the Teen Zone for the discussion and there will be books available for purchase from Books Are Magic!

E. L....

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Author Talk:  E. L. Shen

OCT
19

Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Thu, Oct 19   1:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Here Bk

Adults book club book discussion

Please join us selected Thursday afternoons @ 1 at the lovely HereBk cafe as we discuss the great Andre Debus lll's novel House of Sand and Fog.

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Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Book Discussion: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Thu, Oct 19   6:00 pm to 7:00 pm   Marcy, Meeting Room

Adults book club book discussion humanities and art

Join us for a discussion of the classic novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.

Toni Morrison, the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Milkman Dead was born...

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Book Discussion: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

OCT
21

Adulting is Hard: A Graphic Novel Book Club

Sat, Oct 21   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Adams Street, Multipurpose Room

Adults book club book discussion comics

Adulting is Hard: Graphic Novel Book Club Right on time for Spooky Season: Fantasy and Dark Realism Graphic Novels

Texts Selected from a Brooklyn BookMatch List

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler/Damian...

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Adulting is Hard: A Graphic Novel Book Club

OCT
23

Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The Invisible Hour

Mon, Oct 23   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach Library

Adults book club book discussion Virtual Programming

Do you love talking about books? Join us as we discuss:

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Monday, Oct 23, at 2PM

@Gerritsen Beach Library

This program will be going hybrid. If you'd like to join us on zoom...

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Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The Invisible Hour

Diana Wynne Jones Book Discussion Club "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner

Mon, Oct 23   8:00 pm to 9:00 pm   Virtual

Adults book club book discussion

Join the Diana Wynne Jones Book Discussion Club as we discuss a book written by an author whose literary career was aided by DWJ. The October book is "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner, a 1997 Newbery Honor medal winner:

New York Times-...

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Diana Wynne Jones Book Discussion Club "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner

OCT
24

Central Cookbook Club: Preserved

Tue, Oct 24   3:00 pm to 4:30 pm   Central Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Adults book club book discussion cooking

Join the Central Cookbook Club as we slice and dice preserved foods, some by traditional methods, and those preserved in an ultra-processed fashion.

Central Cookbook Club: Preserved

Bay Ridge Book Club/Discussion: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Tue, Oct 24   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Bay Ridge Library

Adults book club book discussion

Come join us as we discuss "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett.  You may pick up a copy of the book at the Bay Ridge Library.  For more information call 718-748-5709.

Book Synopsis:

The Vignes twin sisters will always...

Bay Ridge Book Club/Discussion:  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

LGBTQ+ Adult Book Club/Discussion: Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Tue, Oct 24   6:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Adults book club book discussion humanities and art LGBTQ

Looking to meet other LGBTQ+ folks? Join our discussion of Biography of X by Catherine Lacey. We meet every month to discuss an LGBTQ+ work.

This book is on the 2023 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize longlist for fiction. See...

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LGBTQ+ Adult Book Club/Discussion: Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Book Discussion

Tue, Oct 24   6:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Windsor Terrace Library

Adults book club book discussion

Paul Kalanithi is a neurosurgeon diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Kalanithi embarks on a journey questioning the meaning of life. Through the perspective of a doctor and a patient himself.   

 

Book Discussion

OCT
25

Unbanned Book Club--This Book is Gay

Wed, Oct 25   4:30 pm to 5:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Teens & Young Adults banned books book club book discussion teen time

Let's read and discuss the top banned books for 2023.   We will discuss a different book each month--and focus on the importance of freedom of information.  We will meet in person and online.

Maus: a survivor's tale   by...

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Unbanned Book Club--This Book is Gay

OCT
26

Teen Time: Book Lovers Group!

Thu, Oct 26   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Park Slope Library

Teens & Young Adults book club book discussion teen time

Join the Park Slope Book Lovers Group!

The book group is a great way to meet other people that enjoy reading!.

This session:

Let's see who the winners are for the Teen Top 10 Vote! Discoer the BPL Teen Book Match Best Books...
Teen Time:  Book Lovers Group!

Tanisha C. Ford on Our Secret Society, with Kaitlyn Greenidge

Thu, Oct 26   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Multipurpose Room

Adults author talks book discussion BPL Presents

Join Tanisha C. Ford at Brooklyn Heights Library as she discusses her new book Our Secret Society with Kaitlyn Greenidge. Books will be available for purchase from The Center for Fiction. In partnership with Literacy...
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Tanisha C. Ford on Our Secret Society, with Kaitlyn Greenidge

Adams Street Book Club: Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home by Ana Castillo

Thu, Oct 26   6:00 pm to 7:15 pm   Adams Street Library

Adults book club book discussion

Meet with others to discuss Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home by Ana Castillo!

Literary legend Ana Castillo explores the secrets that are kept within households and the women they impact the most in this breakout collection of short stories that...

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Adams Street Book Club: Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home by Ana Castillo

Books and Brews: Hotel Cuba

Thu, Oct 26   6:30 pm to 8:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach Library

Adults book club book discussion

Do you like beer and talking about books? Join us as we discuss:

Hotel Cuba by Aaron Hamburger

Thursday, Oct 26, at 6:30PM

@The Gather Inn Again
2718 Gerritsen Ave.

Books are available at the Gerritsen...

Books and Brews: Hotel Cuba

OCT
27

Adult Book Discussion: The Bookbinder by: Pip Williams

Fri, Oct 27   12:15 pm to 2:15 pm   Dyker Library

Adults book club book discussion

Come to join Dyker Library's book discussion, The Bookbinder, by Pip Williams. Everyone is welcome!

Please ask at the reference desk for a copy of the book.

Adult Book Discussion: The Bookbinder by: Pip Williams

Short Stories Discussion Group

Fri, Oct 27   3:00 pm to 4:30 pm   Central Library, Trustees Room

Adults book discussion

Please join us on October 27, at 3:00pm, in person, in the Trustees Room, to participate in the Short Stories Discussion Group. As Dhumketu said: “The short story is that which, like a flash of lightning, pierces right through...

Short Stories Discussion Group

OCT
28

Book Chat: What Are You Reading?

Sat, Oct 28   10:30 am to 12:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Orange Meeting Room

Adults book club book discussion

 

Reading anything good? Looking for a good recommendation? Come join our Book Chat! Bring a book you've enjoyed that you want to tell others about, and get ready to discover your next great read! 

 

Book Chat: What Are You Reading?

OCT
30

Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson. Book Discussion Event

Mon, Oct 30   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Sheepshead Bay Library

Teens & Young Adults book club book discussion

Join us at Sheepshead Bay Library on October 30, 2023 for our book discussion group!

This month’s pick is Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson.

“When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-...

Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson. Book Discussion Event

Book Discussion: Banned Book Club for Teens

Mon, Oct 30   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Washington Irving, Auditorium

Teens & Young Adults after school banned books book club book discussion

From October-May, we will be meeting 2-3 times per month to read and discuss books that have faced banning challenges. Recommended for middle school and high school students.

Snacks will be provided at least for the October sessions...

Book Discussion: Banned Book Club for Teens

OCT
31

Writing Workship with Author: E. L. Shen

Tue, Oct 31   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Teens & Young Adults author talks book discussion teen time

Join E. L. Shen for a Writing Workshop.  Learn the basics of developing a story and prepare to start your great novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

E. L. Shen is a writer and editor living in New York City....

Writing Workship with Author:  E. L. Shen

NOV
2

Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Thu, Nov 2   1:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Here Bk

Adults book club book discussion

Please join us selected Thursday afternoons @ 1 at the lovely HereBk cafe as we discuss the great Andre Debus lll's novel House of Sand and Fog.

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Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

NOV
7

Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Tue, Nov 7   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Mapleton Library

Adults book club book discussion film

Come join Mapleton library's "No-pressure" book club! 

We have no assigned books and no stressful deadlines. Come join your fellow readers to talk about what you've been reading in a relaxed environment.  

All are...

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Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

NOV
14

Mill Basin Virtual Book Discussion: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Tue, Nov 14   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Virtual

Adults book club book discussion

The first Pulitzer Prize for literature awarded to a woman was for The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton's elegant portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York.

In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870s, Newland...

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Mill Basin Virtual Book Discussion: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

NOV
15

Teen Reading Club

Wed, Nov 15   4:00 pm to 5:30 pm   Brower Park Library, Community Room 1

Teens & Young Adults book club book discussion teen time

Come to the library to hangout and talk about what you're reading! If you're not reading anything, come talk about what you've read or listened to recently and enjoyed! This is the place to come and chat books and get and give recommendations to...

Teen Reading Club

NOV
16

Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Thu, Nov 16   1:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Here Bk

Adults book club book discussion

Please join us selected Thursday afternoons @ 1 at the lovely HereBk cafe as we discuss the great Andre Debus lll's novel House of Sand and Fog.

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Leonard Library Book Discussion @ HereBk, House of Sand & Fog

Flatbush Library Book Club: An Immense World

Thu, Nov 16   6:15 pm to 7:30 pm   Flatbush Library

Adults book club book discussion environment

Join Flatbush Library's monthly book club for a chance to meet your neighbors and dive into some great books. We read a variety of nonfiction and contemporary fiction. 

For November, we'll dive into the world of animal senses with Ed...

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Flatbush Library Book Club: An Immense World

NOV
17

Adult Book Discussion: Interpreter of Maladies by: Jhumpa Lahiri

Fri, Nov 17   12:15 pm to 2:00 pm   Dyker Library

Adults book club book discussion

Come to join Dyker Library's book discussion, Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Everyone is welcome!

Adult Book Discussion: Interpreter of Maladies by: Jhumpa Lahiri

Book Discussion: The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

Fri, Nov 17   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island, Meeting Room 2

Kids book discussion

 "On the day of Cora's twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note.  She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever--and stop...

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Book Discussion: The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

NOV
21

Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Tue, Nov 21   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Mapleton Library

Adults book club book discussion film

Come join Mapleton library's "No-pressure" book club! 

We have no assigned books and no stressful deadlines. Come join your fellow readers to talk about what you've been reading in a relaxed environment.  

This...

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Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

NOV
27

Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: Under the skin

Mon, Nov 27   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach Library

Adults book club book discussion

Do you love talking about books? Join us as we discuss:

Under the skin: the hidden toll of racism on American lives and on the health of our nation by Linda Villarosa

Monday, Nov 27, at 2PM

@Gerritsen Beach Library....

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Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: Under the skin

NOV
29

Unbanned Book Club--Sold

Wed, Nov 29   4:30 pm to 5:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Teens & Young Adults banned books book club book discussion teen time

Let's read and discuss the top banned books for 2023.   We will discuss a different book each month--and focus on the importance of freedom of information.  We will meet in person and online.

Maus: a survivor's tale   by...

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Unbanned Book Club--Sold

NOV
30

Teen Time: Book Lovers Group!

Thu, Nov 30   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Park Slope Library

Teens & Young Adults book club book discussion teen time

Join the Park Slope Book Lovers Group!

The book group is a great way to meet other people that enjoy reading!.

This session:

Let's see who the winners are for the Teen Top 10 Vote! Discoer the BPL Teen Book Match Best Books...
Teen Time: Book Lovers Group!

Books and Brews: Somewhere Sisters

Thu, Nov 30   6:30 pm to 8:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach Library

Adults book club book discussion

Do you like beer and talking about books? Join us as we discuss:

Somewhere Sisters: A story of adoption, identity, and the meaning of family by Erika Hayasaki

Thursday, Nov 30, at 6:30PM

@The Gather Inn Again...

Books and Brews: Somewhere Sisters

DEC
5

Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

Tue, Dec 5   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Mapleton Library

Adults book club book discussion film

Come join Mapleton library's "No-pressure" book club! 

We have no assigned books and no stressful deadlines. Come join your fellow readers to talk about what you've been reading in a relaxed environment.  

All are...

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Mapleton's "No-Pressure" Book Club

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