Book
Clubs
Are you interested in joining a book club? We can help!
- Information about book clubs at the Library
- Westmount Library publications (bibliographies, new books lists, read-alikes, and more!)
- Books in a Bag
Join one of our book clubs!
The library has six book clubs:
- Book Club (English)
- Readers to Readers (English)
- Club de lecture (French)
- Teen Readers to Readers (Ages 13 +) (English)
- Children's Book Club (English)
- Club de lecture pour enfants (French)
Book
Club
Selected members lead the Club and provide some background information about
the book. Members are then encouraged to share their opinions and a lively discussion
ensues over coffee.
Everyone is welcome to attend. No sign-up or registration
is necessary. For more information, call Donna Lach, Programming Librarian, at
989-5386. The sessions are free.
Dates for 2008 / 2009:
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Tuesday, August 19 7:00 p.m. |
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith |
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Tuesday, September 16 7:00 p.m. |
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
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Tuesday, October 22 7:00 p.m.
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The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
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Tuesday, November 18 7:00 p.m. |
The Road by Cormac McCarthy |
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Tuesday, December 16 7:00 p.m. |
The Birth House by Ami Mckay |
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Tuesday, January 13 7:00 p.m. |
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood |
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Tuesday, February 10 7:00 p.m. |
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan |
Author visit!
Readers
to Readers 
This new book club is a little different….
There is:
- no need to sign up
- no set reading list
- no deadline!
Instead, once a month we will meet and "go around the table" to talk about books we have recently read.
Everyone
is welcome to attend. No sign-up or registration is necessary. For more information,
call Donna Lach, Programming Librarian, at 989-5386. The sessions are free and are held in the Boardroom.
Dates for 2008 / 2009:
September 16
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
October 14
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
November 11
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
January 15
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
February 10
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Teen Readers to Readers (Ages 13+)
No set reading list and no deadlines, just talking about the books you're reading and comparing notes with other teen readers. Join us on the following Thursdays at 4:00 pm in the Boardroom. Snacks will be served!
Dates for 2008 / 2009:
September 18
4:00 p.m.
October 23
4:00 p.m.
November 20
4:00 p.m.
January 22
4:00 p.m.
February 19
4:00 p.m.
Book discussion kits were developed just for book clubs. 
To know which books are available in Books in a Bag, search the Library catalogue for Book Clubs Discussion Groups Materials.
You will receive in each bag :
- 10 copies of a “discussable” book. (Available titles)
- A binder with an author profile, several published reviews and other related information.
- It may also contain discussion questions.
How it works :
Ask for Books in a Bag at the Reference Desk (or 514-989-5355 or
refdesk @ westmount.org.)
- Contents of the Bag are listed in the binder.
- No more than one Books in a Bag kit may be checked out to an individual at one time.
- The kits may be checked out for six weeks. You can reserve the Bags ahead of time (Reference Desk, 514-989-5355 or refdesk @ westmount.org).
- No renewals are possible.
- The person who checks out the kit is responsible for the return of the bag and its contents. (Be sure that your book club members know to return their books to the person who checked out the book bag and not to the Library). Use the sign-out sheet in the binder to keep track of who has which copy of the book.
- Overdue Books in a Bag kits will be fined $2.00 a day.
- The replacement cost of the entire kit is $200.00.
- The replacement cost of individual parts of the kit will depend on the cost of each particular item.
- Books in a Bag must be returned to the Reference Desk.
- Please do not put kits in the book drops.
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