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Franklin Book Clubs & Discussion Groups

Do you gather every so often with friends and strangers to discuss books, movies, music, writing, etc.? Is anyone welcome to join in? If so, let the library know! We'll post the details for the community and links to materials where available!

 

Contact Mitzi Gousie [mgousie@minlib.net]!

 

Book Club Selections

NameWhenWhereWhat
Franklin Public Library Book ClubFourth Tuesday of the Month at 7:00 PMFranklin Public Library

September 26. "The Push", by Ashley Audrain

 

October 24. "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires", by Grady Hendrix

 

November 28.  "Cloud Cuckoo Land", by Anthony Doerr

 

December 26. "Song of Achilles", by Madeline Miller

 

January 23. "Rough Sleepers", by Tracy Kidder

 

February 27. "The Personal Librarian", by Marie Benedict (Heather Terrell) and Victoria Christopher Murray

 

March 26. "Homecoming : a novel", by Kate Morton

 

April 23. "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue", by V.E. Schwab

 

May 28. "What We Kept to Ourselves" by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Friends of the Franklin Public Library Book ClubFirst Tuesday of the Month at 6:30 PMFranklin Public Library

September 5. A Banned Book

 

October 3. "The Dutch House" by Ann Patchett

 

November 7. "The Half Life of Valery" K. by Natasha Pulley

 

December 5. “The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line” by Major General Mari K. Eder

 

January 2. “Notes on an Execution” by Danya Kukafka

 

February 6. "Rough Sleepers" by Tracy Kidder

 

March 5. "Hang the Moon" by Jeannette Walls

 

April 2. "Migrations" by Charlotte McConaghy

 

May 7. 

Franklin LGBTQ Alliance Book Club

 

Contact: Robin Baidya

Second Tuesday of the Month at 6:00 PMFranklin Public Library

October 10. "FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÈ" by Fannie Flagg

 

November 14. Poems of Fernando Pessoa

 

December 12. "My Brother's Husband" Vol. 1 & 2 by Gengoroh Tagame

 

January 9. "Angels in America" Parts 1& 2 by Tony Kushner

 

February 13. "Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde

 

March 12. "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster

 

April 10. BYO-Book! bring an LGBTQ related book to share!

 

May & June. No Meeting

 

 

 

 

Discussion Groups

NameWhenWhereWhat
Coffee & Conversation

October 17

November 21

January 16

February 20

March 19

April 16

Alternating:

Ray House 90 Main St

Franklin Public Library

  Friends of the Franklin Library Community Room

Join Dean College President, Kenneth Elmore, for Coffee and Conversation.