Discover new books & new friends
We'll begin with some conversation starters so you can get to know fellow attendees.
Then our expert staff will guide a lively discussion about carefully selected titles—from classics to new releases. Bring your enthusiasm and love of reading, even if you don't get a chance to finish this month's title.
Register for one session to get a taste, then sign up every month to deepen your connection to reading and fellow book lovers.
Here's what we're reading this month Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission.
Register for each session individually.
July Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
August The Guncle by Steven Rowley
September Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
October An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Located in a shared facility with Dr Frank J Hayden Secondary School and Haber Recreation Centre, Alton Branch Library operates jointly with the Halton Board of Education. The facility's official opening was celebrated on Saturday, November 23, 2013