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Book cover on left, movie poster on right for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

Book cover to the left, movie poster to the right for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Classics Clique Discussion

Monday, May 6, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

CCALC

CCALC - Necessary Trouble by Drew Gilpin Faust

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Other, Special Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A memoir by the first woman President of Harvard University (2007-2018). In the 1950s, a privileged white girl in conservative, segregated Virginia was expected to adopt a willful ...

Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, Other, Special Event
Event Details:

A memoir by the first woman President of Harvard University (2007-2018). In the 1950s, a privileged white girl in conservative, segregated Virginia was expected to adopt a willful blindness to the inequities of race and the constraints of gender.

Books stacked on right with "The Great Alone" novel cover on the left in front of a light blue background with verbiage front and center

What’s Next? Book Club

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man.

A tree growing from a book stands proudly between the covers of Kween by Vichet Chum and Today Tonight Tomorrow by Neil McNair

Beyond the Book Club

Friday, May 10, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Love reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join Beyond the Book Club to read fantastic YA stories and discussions. This month’s option...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Love reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join Beyond the Book Club to read fantastic YA stories and discussions.

Tessellated designs with LGBQTIA designs adorn the border

Out in the Open

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, LGBTQ+
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Out in the Open Club is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching, and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related. Come hang out in a welcoming en...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, LGBTQ+
Required
Event Details:

The Out in the Open Club is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching, and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related.

Come hang out in a welcoming environment with like-minded folks.

Cover of Vampires of El Norte on left with verbiage in purple box on right

BookTok Bookclub

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. Share thoughts on your latest read or gat...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. Share thoughts on your latest read or gather ideas for the next one!

Book covers in upper right, verbiage in upper left

Nutmeg Newts Book Club

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Event Details:

Join us for our all new monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level. This month we are reading Wild...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for our all new monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level.

Book cover on left, movie poster on right for Emma by Jane Austen

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

Book cover on left, movie poster on right for Emma by Jane Austen

Classics Clique Discussion

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

A palm tree growing out of a book stands proudly between the covers of War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi and So Let them Burn by Kamilah Cole

Beyond the Book Club

Friday, June 7, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Love reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join Beyond the Book Club to read fantastic YA stories and discussions. This month’s option...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Love reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join Beyond the Book Club to read fantastic YA stories and discussions.

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What's Next Book Club

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

June Book: Lesson's in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. "Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist w...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

June Book: Lesson's in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

The Lion on Mars book cover on right with a newt in top left

Nutmeg Newts Book Club

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Children's Storytime Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Event Details:

Join us for our all new monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level. This month we are reading The ...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens (Ages 8-12)
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for our all new monthly book club the Nutmeg Newts! The Nutmeg Newts Book Club is for children with a 4th through 6th grade reading level.

Book Cover on left, movie poster on right for Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of th...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

Pink and red background with anime picture to left of verbiage

Manga Club

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Do you love manga? Join the manga club to talk about your favorite manga, watch anime, meet like-minded people and work on fun projects.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Do you love manga?

Join the manga club to talk about your favorite manga, watch anime, meet like-minded people and work on fun projects.

Cover of novel Bride to left of verbiage

Booktok Bookclub

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. Share thoughts on your latest read or gather i...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join us for BookTok Book Club where we discuss books that have trended on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram. Share thoughts on your latest read or gather ideas for the next one!

Book Cover on left, movie poster on right for Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Classics Clique Discussion

Monday, July 1, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

Yellow background with verbiage in center next to cover of My Brilliant Friend novel, cartoon travel images appearing around border with famous landmarks sprouting out of a book taking center stage

Read Around the World

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Multi-Purpose Room 6 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Travel
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Quarterly Reading Group featuring global literary fiction. Our July selection is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, set in Naples, Italy.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Multi-Purpose Room 6
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Travel
Required
Event Details:

Quarterly Reading Group featuring global literary fiction.

Our July selection is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, set in Naples, Italy.

Cartoon blue lobster reading in bottom right with verbiage in center and the cover of Something More on the left

YA Yabbies Book Club

Friday, July 12, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Love Reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join YA Yabbies to read fantastic YA stories. Snag next month's pick, Something More by Jackie Khalilieh to cel...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Love Reading but struggle to pick out or finish a book? Join YA Yabbies to read fantastic YA stories.

Snag next month's pick, Something More by Jackie Khalilieh to celebrate Disability Pride Month.

Cartoon Godzilla reading in bottom right corner with verbiage in middle and The Prince and the Dressmaker graphic novel cover on the left

Graphic Godzilla Book Club

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Join YA Graphic Godzilla to read fantastic YA comics, graphic novels and manga. Snag next month's pick, The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Join YA Graphic Godzilla to read fantastic YA comics, graphic novels and manga.


Snag next month's pick, The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

Cartoon parrot reading a book on a branch to the right with the cover of She Gets the Girl on the left, in between is the verbiage

Queer Quetzals Book Club

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, LGBTQ+
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Join YA Queer Quetzals to read fantastic YA with LGBTQIA+ representation. Snag next month's pick, She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club, LGBTQ+
Required
Event Details:

Join YA Queer Quetzals to read fantastic YA with LGBTQIA+ representation.


Snag next month's pick, She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

Picture of the book "The Year of Less" by Cait Flanders. Also a picture of a rack of clothes and boxes labeled "Donate", "Toss", "Keep" with clothes in each.

Summer Reading Book Discussion

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 5 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Special Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Book Discussion of “The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store” by Cait Flanders. ...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 5
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Special Event
Required
Event Details:

Book Discussion of “The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store” by Cait Flanders.

Book cover on left and movie poster on right for On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Classics Clique Movie

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 1+2+3 at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Film
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptatio...

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1+2+3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Film
Required
Event Details:

This club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There will be a group book to read every month, as well as a viewing of the movie adaptation.

Pink and red background with anime picture to left of verbiage

Manga Club

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Room at Meriden Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Do you love manga? Join the manga club to talk about your favorite manga, watch anime, meet like-minded people and work on fun projects.

Required
Library Branch: Meriden Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Event Details:

Do you love manga?

Join the manga club to talk about your favorite manga, watch anime, meet like-minded people and work on fun projects.