NOV
24
Saturday Booktalks: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Saturday, November 24, 1-2 pm: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we...
NOV
26
Noon Hour Adult Book Discussion
A novel by a Swedish columnist, blogger and writer, Fredrik Backman. The English version was published in 2013 and on the New York Times Best Seller's list 18 months after it was published and stayed on the list for 42 weeks.
Adult Book Club/Discussion: The Tattooist of Auschwitz: a novel
Please join our November book discussion group.
This month we will discuss:
"The Tattooist of Auschwitz: a novel" by Heather Morris
Red Hook Book Club: Vegetarian Edition
Join us at the Record Shop at 360 Van Brunt for the next installment of the Red Hook Book Club!Translated from the original Korean, The Vegetarian is a beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the...
NOV
27
LORe
Calling All Nerds...Again!
Your favorite nerdy book club is back! LORe is a monthly bookclub 2.0 where you can hang with fellow bookworms to chat about cool titles, make related crafts, and eat snacks.
Sign up now to secure your...
NOV
28
Adult Book Club/Discussion: Behold the Dreamers
This month, our book club will discuss Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. This 2016 debut novel follows immigrants from Cameroon who are drawn into a banker's family as the 2008 financial crisis deepens.
NOV
29
Book Discussion:Moloka'I by Alan Brennert
Looking for a new book to read? Here's a suggestion, Moloka'I by Alan Brennert. Read the book and come to the discussion on November 29th at 2pm. Loved it? Great! Hated it? Come tell us why! Book discussion for adults in the Flatlands Branch...
Book Discussion: The Power by Naomi Alderman
A gripping dystopian novel that imagines an alternate present where young women entering puberty discover a mysterious physical power that allows them to wield an electric charge from the tips of their fingers. No one knows how or why the...
Book Discussion: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Come discuss Imbolo Mbue’s compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream.
Held in partnership with the Bedtime Storytime event! Parents are welcome to join the...
Book Discussion: The Power by Naomi Alderman
A gripping dystopian novel that imagines an alternate present where young women entering puberty discover a mysterious physical power that allows them to wield an electric charge from the tips of their fingers. No one knows how or why the...
Books and Brews: The Changeling
Do you like beer and talking about books? Join us as we discuss The Changeling by Victor LaValle.
@The Gather Inn Again
2718 Gerritsen Ave.
Books are available at the Gerritsen Beach Library Information Desk. This program is...
DEC
4
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II: Power and Governmentality at the Intersection of the Individual and Population
“What characterizes the act of justice is not resort to a court and to judges; it is not the intervention of...
DEC
6
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
Book Discussion: A Crack In Creation
A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril.
Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so...
DEC
12
Book Discussion: A Crack In Creation
A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril.
Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so...
Cookbook Club
Do you like to cook, talk about cooking, learn about techniques, try a variety of cuisines, share recipes and more? Then join our Cookbook Club. Decembers themes are herb & spice recipes and teas.
DEC
13
Reading Circle:A Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler
" A Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler
Book Discussion for Adults - The Sellout
Join our new monthly book club! This month, we'll be talking about The Sellout, by Paul Beatty.
In this satirical take on race, politics, and culture in the U.S., a young black man grows up determined to resegregate a portion of an inner...
DEC
15
Latino Book Club: Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
Since its debut in 1971, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American...
DEC
17
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Please join our monthly book discussion.
Title for December soon to be announced.
DEC
18
Book Discussion: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
This global bestseller by Kevin Kwan follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore as she meets her boyfriend's ultra-wealthy family at a wedding.
Copies of the book available for pickup at Mill Basin Library.
Reading Circle. Adult Book Discussion : The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
Frank Alpine, a drifter fleeing from his past, runs straight into struggling Brooklyn grocer Morris Bober. Seeing a chance to atone for past sins, Frank becomes Bober's assistant and keeps shop when the owner takes ill. But it is Bober's daughter...
LORe
Calling All Nerds...Again!
Your favorite nerdy book club is back! LORe is a monthly bookclub 2.0 where you can hang with fellow bookworms to chat about cool titles, make related crafts, and eat snacks.
Sign up now to secure your...
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II: Power and Governmentality at the Intersection of the Individual and Population
“What characterizes the act of justice is not resort to a court and to judges; it is not the intervention of...
DEC
20
Book Discussion: Parable of the Sower
Join Flatbush Fiction Thursday, November 22 for a discussion of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Discussion copies will be available for checkout at the branch, ask for yours at the front desk.
About :
Parable of...
DEC
27
Join the Kensington Book Club: The TRUTH about CANCER By TY M. Bollinger
Welcome to the Kensington Book Club! For adults & your families are welcome to join.
About the author: TY M. Bollinger is a Christian, happily married husband and father, health freedom advocate, cancer researcher, former...
Book Discussion: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A feel-good story about an angry old man next door. A thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others.
Held in partnership with the Bedtime Storytime event! Parents are welcome to join the...
JAN
3
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
JAN
9
Cookbook Club
Do you like to cook, talk about cooking, learn about techniques, try a variety of cuisines, share recipes and more? Then come to our Cookbook Club. January's theme is North African foods.
JAN
10
Book Discussion: The Sixth Extinction: an unnatural history by Elizabeth Kolbert
In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Interweaving research in half a dozen disciplines, descriptions of the...
Book Discussion: The Sixth Extinction: an unnatural history by Elizabeth Kolbert
In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Interweaving research in half a dozen disciplines, descriptions of the...
JAN
15
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II
Foucault and the Problem of Justice Part II: Power and Governmentality at the Intersection of the Individual and Population
“What characterizes the act of justice is not resort to a court and to judges; it is not the intervention of...
JAN
24
Book Discussion: You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
Join Flatbush Fiction Thursday, December 20 for a discussion of You don't have to say you love me : a memoir by Sherman Alexie.
Discussion copies will be available for checkout at the branch, ask for yours at the front desk.
JAN
28
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
JAN
31
Book Discussion: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Looking for a new book to read? Here's a suggestion, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Read the book and come to the discussion on January 31st at 2pm. This discussion was originally scheduled for ( December 27th at 2pm but was...
FEB
6
Cookbook Club
Do you like to cook, talk about cooking, learn new techniques, try a variety of cuisines, share recipes and more? Come to our Cookbook Club.
FEB
7
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
FEB
21
FEB
25
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
MAR
7
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
MAR
14
Central Library Cookbook Club
Do you like to cook, talk about cooking, learn about techniques, try a variety of cuisines, share recipes and more? Join us.
MAR
25
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
APR
4
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
APR
29
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
MAY
2
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
MAY
20
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Please join our book discussion group.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
JUN
6
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
JUN
24
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
JUL
2
Harry Potter Book Club
Dear Reader,
You have been accepted into the Harry Potter book club. Please come prepared to read awesome books, talk about them, and do cool things related to the books. This year we will be attempting to read ALL SEVEN Harry Potter...
JUL
29
Adult Book Club/Discussion
Our book discussion takes place on the last Monday of every month.
Titles for discussion soon to be announced.
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