The Seniors Book Club will meet Wednesday, February 13 @ 2:00 pm in the Training Room to discuss Up and Down, the latest novel by Canadian humorist Terry Fallis.

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The Monday Evening Book Club will meet February 11 @ 7:00 pm in Forsyth Hall to discuss Freddy’s War by Edmonton author Judy Schultz.

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In 1941, a young man imagines thrilling battles and heroic acts when he lies about his age and joins the army. Assigned to the Winnipeg Grenadiers, part of the Canadian army in Hong Kong, Freddy McKee becomes a prisoner of war six weeks after arriving in Hong Kong.

A great winter reading list of Senior Book Club favorites from our December meeting:

Island by Victoria Hislop

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Blanche Neige by Maxe L’hermenier  (graphic novel)

The Monday Evening Book Club will meet January 14th at 7 pm in the Training Room (please note the change of location!). We will discuss Happiness Economics by Shari Lapena, a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.

Will Thorne is a stalled poet, married to Judy, a wildly successful celebrity economist.

The Seniors Book Club will meet Wednesday, January 9th at 2 pm in Forsyth Hall. We will discuss The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach.

The novel was originally published in Britain in 2004 under the title “These Foolish Things” and is now also a major motion picture starring Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench, Penelope Wilton and Celia Imrie.

Enjoyed being together at our Book Club Christmas party. Thank you for the delicious food, the fun and all your book suggestions. Your “favorites” make a great holiday reading list.

Seasons Best Wishes Everyone!

The Monday Evening Book Club will meet December 10th @ 7:00 pm in Forsyth Hall for our Christmas Party!  Please bring a plate of treats to share, a wrapped new or gently used book for our “secret” book exchange, and be prepared to give a brief talk about a book you enjoyed this year outside of our book club reads.

We always have a great time so hope you can join us!

The Seniors Book Club will meet December 12th @ 2:00 pm in the Training Room for our Christmas Party! Please bring  a wrapped new or gently used book for our “secret” book exchange, and be prepared to give a brief talk about a book you have enjoyed outside of our book club reads.

 We always have a great time so hope you can join us!

Luise & Sandra

The Seniors Book Club will meet November 14th @ 2 pm in the Training Room. We will discuss The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by German author Jan-Philipp Sendker.

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present.

The Monday Evening Book Club will meet in Forsyth Hall on November 12th @ 7 pm, to discuss The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great by award-winning Toronto author Eva Stachniak.

Behind every great ruler lies a betrayal.

The Monday Evening Book Club will meet October 15th @7 pm in Forsyth Hall to discuss Death Comes to Pemberley by Baroness P.D. James.

A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.

The Seniors Book Club will meet Wednesday, October 10th @ 2 pm in the Training Room to discuss Freddy’s War by Edmonton author Judy Schultz.

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The Seniors Book Club will meet September 12th @ 2 pm in the 2nd floor Training Room to discuss The Winter Palace by award-winning Toronto novelist Eva Stachniak.

Behind every great ruler lies a betrayal.

The Monday Evening Book Club will meet September 10th @7 pm in the Training Room to discuss The Antagonist by Edmonton author Lynn Coady.

A finalist for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, and named one of the best books of the year by Amazon, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star, The Antagonist tells the story of Gordon Rankin (“Rank”), a former hockey enforcer driven to seek revenge on a old friend who has published a nove

The Seniors Book Club will meet Wednesday, June 13th at 2:00 pm in the library’s Training Room to discuss the delightful An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor.

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