Join us for our next round of B.Y.O.Book, the Library's 'books in bars' program!
This month, we'll meet to discuss Jesmyn Ward's 2017 novel "Sing, Unburied, Sing." From PW Reviews:
"Ward tells the story of three generations of a...
Book Discussion
Upcoming events
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Not quite a book group, Let's Talk Books is a series of casual conversations about books where we meet to share descriptions of our favorite reads. Join us for your favorite genres to chat with like-minded readers. Bring a couple of...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Not quite a book group, Let's Talk Books is a series of casual conversations about books where we meet to share descriptions of our favorite reads. Join us for your favorite genres to chat with like-minded readers. Bring a couple of...
Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 4:00pm
Online
Join Green Iowa AmeriCorps and the Iowa City Public Library for a discussion of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural history of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Alternate History: a subgenre of fiction or science fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history as the result of one or more historic events having different outcomes.
Not quite a book group, Let's...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Join us for ICPL's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club! We will meet via Zoom to discuss "Who Fears Death" by Nnedi Okorafor. Feel free to join us, whether or not you've finished the book!
Borrow a book with Grab & Go or mail...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Not quite a book group, Let's Talk Books is a series of casual conversations about books where we meet to share descriptions of our favorite reads. Join us for your favorite genres to chat with like-minded readers. Bring a couple of...
Saturday, March 20, 2021 - 4:00pm
Online
Join Green Iowa AmeriCorps and the Iowa City Public Library for a discussion of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke.
America’s electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Unreliable Narrator - a literary character who intentionally withholds informatoin, lies to or misleads the reader - with or without malice - casting doubt on the story. A character who's perspective may be very different than the reader....
Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 4:00pm
Online
Join Green Iowa AmeriCorps and the Iowa City Public Library for a discussion of World of Wonders - In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee...
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