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Wondering about book clubs? We can help!

Did you know Our library won the 2005 Angus Mowat Award for Public Library Excellence from the Ontario Library Association for our "Book Clubs in an Instant" project?


Learn More About Book Clubs

Want the inside scoop about book clubs? We've got lots of books and articles on the subject. Here is a selection:

• The complete idiot's guide to starting a reading group, by Patrick Sauer. Indianapolis : Alpha Books, 2000.
• Build a better book club, by Harry Heft and Peter O'Brien. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1999.
• A year of reading : a month-by-month guide to classics and crowd-pleasers for you and your book group, by Elisabeth Ellington & Jane Freimiller. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, 2002.
  
• Book clubs : women and the uses of reading in everyday life, by Elizabeth Long. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
• The reading group handbook : everything you need to know, from choosing members to leading discussions by Rachel W. Jacobsohn. New York : Hyperion, 1994.
• The mother-daughter book club : how ten busy mothers and daughters came together to talk, laugh and learn through their love of reading, by Shireen Dodson, with Teresa Baker. New York : HarperPerennial, 1997.
• What to read : the essential guide for reading group members and other book lovers, by Mickey Pearlman. New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.
• How to Start a Book Club (website) It's Canadian, it's very straightforward, and it includes a good list of do's and don'ts.

Find a Book Club

Check with local organizations to see whether they are currently running any book clubs. You can also join an Online book club. Here are a few:

• Dear Reader Book Club
• Utne Readers Book Club
• The Book Group
• Senior-Net Book Club

Start Your Own Book Club (We'll Help)

We'll help you find books and articles about how to start a book club. Wondering which books to read and discuss at your book club? Ask us. We'll recommend some great book club titles. Or check out the Booklists on our website.


Hold a Book Club Meeting in the Library

Reserve one of our meeting rooms for your book club meeting? We'll waive the room-rental fee. Some conditions apply. To find descriptions and photos of the meeting rooms, with rules and fees click here.


Advertise Your Book Club

Put up a poster on our Community Events bulletin board. If you give us multiple copies of your poster, we'll post them at all the library branches.

KFPL Book Club Sets

A Book Club Set is a bag with 10 copies of the same title in it that may be signed out to a designated member of a Book Club. The bag also includes literature to help facilitate discussion about the book as well as information about KFPL Meeting Rooms and other Book Club Set titles.

For more information about our Book Club Sets, including lists of titles and forms to request a set, click here.