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  • Croatia Book Discussion Series: More Than I Love My Life

    Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United States

    Mon., Jul. 6, 2026 at 2 PM: More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman Thirty-year-old Gili seeks to make a film that might help explain her life and embarks on an unlikely journey with her grandmother, Vera, to a barren island off the coast of Croatia where Vera was imprisoned and tortured for […]

  • Morning Book Club: Virtual Author Event with Amy Jo Burns

    Community Room 2 (divided room) 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United States

    Join the Morning Book Club in this special Zoom author event with Amy Jo Burns to discuss her novel Wait for Me. (Amy Jo will join us virtually; readers will be in-person in the community room) Copies of the book and a reader’s guide will be available to check out ahead of time at the […]

  • Nothing But The Truth: Non-Fiction Book Club: Nickel and Dimed (in-person)

    The July 2026 selection is Nickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich In this now classic work, Barbara Ehrenreich, our sharpest and most original social critic, goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. This group will meet on the third Thursday of each […]

  • Poetry Group: 2026 Sessions (in-person)

    Recurring

    Join our in-person poetry conversation! This group will be led by poet and author Christine Beck. Christine will present a poem by a well-known poet, invite people to comment on it, and then offer a short writing exercise. The exercise would be fun and easy—no poetry background required. It’s always fun to share what everyone comes […]

  • Cozy Mystery Book Club: Mastering Art of French Cooking (in-person)

    Atrium, First Floor Reference Area 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United States

    This book club will meet on the last Saturday of each month, at 10:30 am, in the atrium on the first floor of the library. July’s title is: Mastering the Art of French Murder, by Colleen Cambridge. Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore this magnifique new […]