Book Clubs at PPL
Tuesday Brown Bag Book Club at PPL!
This group meets the last Tuesday of every month from 12 -1 pm. Meetings will be held at the Library in our Trustee Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Bonnie Lilienthal at 455-8025 to register or email blilienthal@provlib.org.
History Hijinks Book Club at PPL
Meets the 1st Monday of the month from 5:30 - 6:45 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Registration required.
Meeting in person in PPL's Mural Room*, 3rd Floor, and via Google Meet. All are welcome. To register and get a Meeting link, email or call Anne Mulready: annemulready@aol.com; 401-453-6163.
* The club will temporarily be meeting in PPL's Ship Room, 1st Floor until further notice.
Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule.
The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
November 4 & December 2 — The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter by Kai Bird
January 6 — 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
The Book Readers Guide To The Galaxy Book Club
Meets the last Monday of the month from 5:45 - 7 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Meetings are held in person in PPL's Mural Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 for information or email rkirkendall@provlib.org. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL. Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule and to register. The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
November 25 — Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (meeting in the Ship Room, 1st Floor)
December 16 — Starter Villan by John Scalzi (meeting early in the Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, due to holiday closures)
January 27, 2025 — Jade City by Fonda Lee (meeting in the Ship Room, 1st Floor)
February 24, 2025 — Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
March 31, 2025 — Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
April 28, 2025 — Service Model by Adrian Tchikovsky
May 19, 2025 — A Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark
June 30, 2025 — The Martian by Andy Weir
The Dark Adademia Book Club
If you're interested in romanticizing the Greek classics, learning languages, or have a general air of existentialism, this is the book club for you!
Meets the third Monday of the month from 6 - 7 pm, unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held in person in PPL's Mural Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 for information or email rkirkendall@provlib.org. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL.
Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule and to register.
The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
Mystery Book Club
Do you like detectives, whodunits, hidden agendas, and twisty plot lines? Join us for the Mystery Book Club and let the adventures begin! The book club will meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 - 6:30 pm in PPL's Trustees Room, 3rd Floor. Contact Tara Scopa at 455-8227 for information or email tscopa@provlib.org. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL. Check PPL's Calendar for the ongoing schedule and to register.
The group will be reading these books:
December 10 — Blood Sisters Vanessa Lillie
January 14 - Malice by Kiego Higashino
February 11 - Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
March 11 - The Hunter by Tana French
April 8 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
May 13 - Slow Horses by Nick Herron
June 10 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Romantasy Book Club
Interested in dragons, shirtless men, and a little spice? This is the book club for you! Join us to discuss fae, vampires, and warrior book boyfriends alike! Meetings will be held in person the last Saturday of the month from 2 - 3 pm in PPL’s Mural Room, 3rd Floor, unless otherwise noted*. Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 or email rkirkendall@provlib.org for more information. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL. Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule.
The group will be reading these books:
November 30 — A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen - Trustee's Room
Connecting Stories Book Club, in collaboration with Trinity Rep
Join the discussion at PPL, in conjunction with Trinity Repertory Company, for this latest collaborative book club. In this club, you will read and discuss literature related to the plays being performed at Trinity for their upcoming season. Connect with Trinity's onstage work as we connect people to stories and stories to plays.
Next meeting: December 4, 5:30 - 6:45 pm | PPL's Trustee Room, 3rd Floor
We will read and discuss the original novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a novel that inspired Trinity Rep's long running, much loved play A Christmas Carol.
Copies will be available to pick up at the Library, 150 Empire Street, at the main desk. Tell them you're looking for the Connecting Stories Trinity book club book.
Contact Wensley Bynoe, director of community engagement at wbynoe@trinityrep.com if you have additional questions or if you need a modified book (i.e. audiobook, large print, braille, etc.)
Any questions, please contact Ivy at ibrunelle@provlib.org, Subject: "Connecting Stories."
Play Discussion Group
In collaboration with The Gamm Theatre
If you're a theatre lover, join us for our Play Discussion Series featuring plays being performed at the Gamm Theatre during its regular season. In this series, we discuss the plays before you see them, so you can read the play before you see the play, but anyone interested in a play discussion is welcome.
Get more information about the plays at The Gamm Theatre. At each discussion, we will raffle a voucher for two tickets and participants will get an access code for discount tickets.
Any questions, please email ibrunelle@provlib.org, subject "Play Series."