Book & Writing Clubs
Wednesday Night Book Club ♠
Friday Night Book Club ♠
Novel Ideas Writer's Club
Wednesday Night Book Club
This book club meets on the last Wednesday of every month, at Bean Brokers at
7pm.
The Wednesday Night book club has full membership; we are looking for individuals to start another book club!
Please call Marilyn at the Library (403-556-6460) for more details.
Date
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Title
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Author
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ISBN
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January
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Prodigal Summer
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Barbara Kingsolver
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February
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Still Alice
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Lisa Genova
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March
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Say you are one of them
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Uwem Akpan
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April
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The Bishop's Man
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Linden McIntyre
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May
| Handle with Care
| Jodi Picoult
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June
| A Good House
| Bonnie Burrard
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July
| Beauty Tips From Moosejaw
| Will Ferguson
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August
| Free Read
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September
| Zookeeper's Wife
| Diane Ackerman
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October
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To find out what the club has read in the past, click here.
Friday Book Club
This book club meets on the last Friday of every month, at the Olds Municipal Library, at 10am.
Please call the Library at 556-6460 for more details. All are welcome.
Date |
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
January 30/10 |
Infidel |
Ayaan Hirsi |
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February 26/10 |
The White Tiger |
Aravind Adiga |
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March 26/10 |
Say You're One of Them |
Uwem Akpan |
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April |
Roses are Difficult Here |
W.O. Mitchell |
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May |
A Gate at the Stairs |
Lorrie Moore |
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June |
The $65 Tomato |
William Alexander |
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July |
The Help |
Kathryn Stockett |
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August |
The Bishop's Man |
Lyndon MacIntyre |
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September |
The Handmaids Tale |
Margaret Atwood |
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October |
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November |
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To find out what the club has read in the past, click here.
Novel Ideas Writer's Club
If you're an expert writer or just wanting to write for fun this is a group for
you. Come and enjoy talking with other authors, sharing your work, and gaining
a helping hand from people who have the same interests. There will be some special
events and classes throughout the year to attend and inspiring speakers to help
you figure out where to go next.
Third Thursday of each month. Some dates may vary.
Times: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Olds and District Municipal Library
Fee: $5.00/session (drop in)
Past
Reads of the Wednesday Night Book Club 2009
Through Black Spruce
Yes, Sister: Memoir of a Young Nurse
The Hour I First Believed
Good to a Fault
Cellist of Sarajevo
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society
The Shack
Book of Negroes
Fault Lines
Ultimate Gift
Past Reads of the Wednesday Night Book Club
On Beauty By Zadie Smith
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
The ObservationsBy Jane Harris
The Power of One By Bryce Courtenay
Innocent Man By John Grisham
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Red Tent by Anita Daiment
Good in Bed by Jennifer Wiener
Miss Hobbema Pageant by W.P. Kinsella
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson ISBN: 0670034827
I am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Krikby ISBN: 0978340507
Past
Reads of the Friday Book Club 2009
Inside Out Girl
The Guernsey Literary
Potato Peel Pie Society
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Shack
Dewey
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Nineteen Minutes
The Brethren
Magnificent Obsession
Past Reads of the Friday Book Club
Birds Without Wings By Louis Bernier
My Sister's Keeper By Jodi Picoult
Whitetorn Woods By Maeve Binchy
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
A Blade of Grass By Lewis Desoto
Grand Central Winter By Lee Stringer
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Horseman's Graves by Jacqueline Baker
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Linda See
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
A Bed of Red Flowers by Nelofer Pazira
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence ISBN: 0771091591
The Known World by Edward Jones ISBN: 0060557540
The Sands of Time by Sydney Sheldon ISBN: 0919899323
Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie ISBN: 978038572220
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ISBN: 0688046592
One Native Life by Richard Wagamese ISBN: 9781553653646
Other Book Clubs in Olds:
Beyond Facebook Book Club: This club meets every six weeks. The location and
time and specific date will be announced on the facebook page. Join the club
on facebook to sign up for specific meetings. Book Lovers in Olds. The following
is a list of books being discussed over the next few months. Listed below you
will find the week that the book club will be meeting in. Actual dates will
depend on hostesses.
Oct 23 Chantal & Lindsay - The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane by Katherine
Howe
Dec 6 - 12 Lisa & Keara - Strength And What Remains, by Tracy Ridder
Jan 18 - 23 Dallas & Ruth - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Feb 28 - Mar 6 Jaeme & Jody - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Apr 11 - 17 Dawn & Alissa - The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
May 23 - 29 Brandy & Janelle –
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