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  • Wait, This Is A Book? Teen Book Club

    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    This book club is for teens. The book this month is The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The book is available for pickup in the Teen Room one month before the meeting. The Wait, this is a book? Book Club will meet in the Tech Lab. Sign up is required for this program. Registration will …

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  • The Scoop Book Club

    Colleen's Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop 61 High St., Medford, United States

    The Scoop is a book club for those in their 20s & 30s (and anyone who wants the scoop on great books). Please join us offsite at Colleen's  at 61 …

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  • Poetry Club with Vijaya Sundaram

    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    Join Vijaya Sundaram, Medford's 2023-2025 Poet Laureate, and take the mic and shine a light on the issues that matter most to you, with passion, lyricism, and force. We’ll meet to read and discuss the work of great poets, while crafting and performing our own work.

  • Monday Morning Mysteries

    Monday Morning Mysteries
    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    Join The Medford Public Library on the first Monday of each month for this Mystery Book Club. November: This month, we will be discussing Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson.

  • Read the Rainbow: LGBTQIA+ Book Group

    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    All are welcome to read and discuss literary and non-fiction works by and about the LGBTQ+ community; from classics to contemporary titles. This month we will be reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. Books will be available at the circulation desk approximately four weeks in advance.

  • New MHSM Historical Book Group

    New MHSM Historical Book Group
    Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United States

    This book group focusing on history readings will be launched in January with a goal of creating new opportunities to gather at the headquarters at MHSM. Learn about people and events that shaped the world we live in, and share stories (both historic and personal) at the local level. The inaugural book will be The Killer Angels, a novel by Michael Shaara that won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book draws heavily from primary source materials to bring to life many key participants and events in a complicated American Civil War battle that occurred at a time when the […]

  • Sarah Price Author Visit

    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    Join local author Sarah Price as she talks about her writing process for her romance novel What Could Have Been...

  • The Invention of Charlotte Brontë with Graham Watson on ZOOM

    Medford Public Library 111 High St., Medford, MA, United States

    We'll be delving into the primary sources - the manuscripts and letters - that informed Graham's book "The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life". Join us  as Graham discusses Charlotte's life - the myths vs. reality - as well as his own research and writing of this fantastic book! About the book: Charlotte Brontë had a life as seemingly dramatic as her heroine Jane Eyre. Turning her back on her tragic past, Charlotte reinvented herself as an acclaimed author, a mysterious celebrity, and a passionate lover. Doing so meant burning many bridges, but her sudden death left her friends […]