April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate tonight we'll be talking Poetry. Poetry is a literary artform in which writers use concentrated, lyrical arrangement of words. rhythms, or imagry to tell a story or invoke emotions in the reader...
Book Discussion
Upcoming events
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 7:00pm
Meeting Room A
Do you have a book you'd like to read and discuss with others? Are you in the mood to be in a book group but don't have any books in mind? For the second time this year, Book Club Matchmaking will be based on the book you want to read. You...
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 4:00pm
Storytime Room
Tweens are invited to a monthly book club to listen to a graphic novel read-aloud. We'll enjoy a 30-minute excerpt of a different book each month, and then do an activity based on the book. Plus, cookies will be served! For our April meeting,...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 7:00pm
Zoom
Reading fiction set in a country outside the USA instantly takes you to another world. You will learn about another country or culture as you read, letting you explore places you may never actually go. Pick your favorite book or books and join us...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 6:30pm
Meeting Room D
Climate Fiction Book Club is a monthly book club that will read and discuss fiction to explore imagined futures of the climate crisis. This month will be a discussion of Dry by Neal Shusterman. When the California drought escalates to catastrophic...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 7:00pm
Zoom
Join us for ICPL's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club! We will meet via Zoom to discuss "Provenance" by Ann Leckie. Feel free to join us, whether or not you've finished the book! Borrow a copy of the book from ICPL or place a hold at search.icpl.org. Check...
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 4:00pm
Storytime Room
Tweens are invited to a monthly book club to listen to a graphic novel read-aloud. We'll enjoy a 30-minute excerpt of a different book each month, and then do an activity based on the book. Plus, cookies will be served! For our May meeting, we...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 7:00pm
Zoom
People in books groups love books, and they often have a big soft spot for Libraries. What could be better than Fiction about Library workers or set in Libraries? Check out the links below for some great suggestions, or break out some of your own...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 7:00pm
Zoom
To celebrate Pride Month, tonight's discussion will focus on fiction with LGBTQUI+ characters. Both the Adult and Young Adult fiction collections contain many great LGBT books. Cheek out these lists for some suggestions: https://bookriot.com/...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 7:00pm
Zoom
The Iowa Writers Workshop began at the University of Iowa in 1936 and has produced many well known writers. In the last 80 years there are hundreds of published works by graduates of the Workshop in a wide range of genre. Pick some of your favorites...
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