Book Discussions/Events

Book discussion, author talks, Friend's book sales, Foundation events that are free and open to public.
Book discussion, author talks, Friend's book sales, Foundation events that are free and open to public.

Repulsive Reads - Horror Book Club @ North

Join us for our monthly meeting of Repulsive Reads, the new horror focused book club at the Berkeley Public Library North Branch. 

Celebrating all things grim, grotesque, unsettling, macabre, and weird in fiction, each month will venture into a new dark corner of literature and the psyche. This month's title is The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. 

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Silent Book Club: After Dark @THP South

Join us for a special Silent Book Club: After Dark @THP South Branch Library.

We will start at 6pm, chat about what we are reading, then read. At the end we will chat a bit more, or you can continue to read. 

The Silent Book Club at Berkeley Public Library is an official chapter of the international Silent Book Club! Silent Book Clubs around the world celebrate the time we share to meet new friends and get some focused reading time in together. 

Get a free mocktail or hot tea and enjoy whatever you are reading, in any format. 

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Silent Book Club

Looking for an easy way to connect with others and get some reading in? Join us on Saturday, January 25th, 2-3:30pm at the Silent Book Club. Bring something to read, get a free beverage, and meet your neighbors. It's a good chance to talk about what you are reading before we all settle in to read for about an hour. 

We are an official chapter of the International Silent Book Club, now over 1,500 chapters all over the world. 

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Haben Girma & Mychal Threets Discuss Disability Stories @West

Haben Girma & Mychal Threets Discuss Disability Stories 

Literacy ambassador Mychal Threets will chat with Haben Girma, author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Serving up captivating stories sprinkled with humor, their conversation will cover disability rights, mental health, and how to advocate for a barrier-free world. A Q&A will follow.

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Virtual Book Club, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month. All sessions meet at 2pm

October 29: The Vanishing Half 

November 26: Prophet Song 

December 31: The Secret to Superhuman Strength

 

The discussion will take place over Zoom. Link here

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89342327183

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