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.
Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule.
The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
July 8 — 1968: The Year That Rocked The World by Mark Kurlansky
August 5 — Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
by Anastasia Curwood
September 9 & October 7 — Richard Nixon: The Life by John A. Farrell
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:
July 29 — Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
August 26 — Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
September 30 — Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
October 28 — The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
November 25 — Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
December 16 — Starter Villan by John Scalzi (meeting early due to holiday closures)
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:
July 15 — If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
August 19 — The Cloisters by Katy Hays
September 16 — The Secret History by Donna Tart
October 21 — Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
November 18 — Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
NEW!! 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:
July 9 — The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
August 13 — Reykjavik: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir
September 10 — The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
October 8 — The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
November 12 — Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
December 10 — The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
NEW!! 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:
June 29 — Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
July 27 — The Serpent and Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
August 31 — House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
NEW Book Club Collaboration
Connecting Stories Book Club
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.
Stay tuned for next meeting
Participants will receive a discount code to use for purchasing tickets.
Don't wait to request a copy using our catalog! Or call your local library. It can take 3 or 4 business days for a book request to be delivered.
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."
Register Here
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."