Book Discussions/Events
Toward an Anti-Racist Asian American Poetics
This event is cosponsored by Eastwind Books of Berkeley.
Berkeley & Portland LGBT+ Book Club
We are fully in the swing of springtime, and all the previously dead things are now coming to life. (Stay with me here.) Time to shake off the last of those winter doldrums with some ghosty boys!
Join us for a special meeting of the Berkeley & Portland LGBT+ Book Club where we will be discussing Aiden Thomas' Cemetery Boys.
BPL Book Club
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month.
June 29: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
All sessions meet at 2pm
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
Participants can pick up a free bundle of all three books (to keep!) at the Central Library, once registered. You will receive an email from Berkeley Public Library when you are registered, otherwise you will be placed on a waitlist.
BPL Book Club
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month.
May 25: A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
June 29: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
All sessions meet at 2pm
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
Participants can pick up a free bundle of all three books (to keep!) at the Central Library, once registered. You will receive an email from Berkeley Public Library when you are registered, otherwise you will be placed on a waitlist.
Teen Book Discussion: Superman Smashes the Klan
Join the Library for a discussion of Gene Luen Yang's Superman Smashes the Klan. This book discussion is scheduled the week before Gene Luen Yang answers your questions to Superman Smashes the Klan on April 28.
This book discussion is for teens and young adults.
Teen Book Discussion: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Join the Library for a book discussion of Aiden Thomas' Cemetary Boys. This book discussion is scheduled a few days before Aiden Thomas answers your questions to Cemetary Boys on Wednesday, April 14.
Mac's Book Club Show!
Please join us for a special episode of Mac's Book Club Show, an Instagram based, story time variety show created by bestselling and award-winning children's book author Mac Barnett! This event will feature Berkeley Public Library's own Mr. Michael asking Mac questions submitted by Berkeley schoolchildren.
BPL Book Club
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month.
April 27: The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are
May 25: A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
June 29: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
All sessions meet at 2pm
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
Stories for Change: Ibi Zoboi, author of Punching the Air
Stories for Change: A YA Author Series
This Spring, Berkeley Public Library presents Stories for Change, an event series spotlighting some of today’s most exciting YA authors and stories that celebrate acceptance, understanding, and truth.