Event Category: Book Groups

Both on going and one-time book related programs.

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History Lovers! This book club is for you! Each season we select a book for our first meeting to read together that covers a theme or time period of history. For our second meeting, we read from a list of books around the topic of the first book. For March, we will be reading Ottoman Odyssey: Travels Through a Lost Read More

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Do you like graphic novels? Join our Graphic Novel Discussion Group! Each month readers discuss alternative graphic novels tackling real-life issues and non-fiction subjects, and the independent publishers that release both alternative and mainstream superhero, sci-fi, and fantasy graphic novels and comics. This group meets on Zoom. Stop by the Reference Desk to register and pick up a copy of Read More

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The Cookbook Club is for anyone who loves cooking, likes to talk about cooking, or wants to explore new recipes. Each month we select a cookbook; participants select a recipe, prepares it, and brings it to share with the group. We meet every 2nd Monday of each month at the Community Recreation and Environmental Center – CREC (9000 Parkview Dr, Read More

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Cookies and Mystery features cookies, coffee and discussion of a different mystery genre each third Thursday of the month at 11:00 am. Each month the group will read mysteries with a theme. This group will be meeting at St. James United Church of Christ (135 Myrtle Ave, Havertown.) If you have questions, please email Mary Bear Shannon at shannon@haverfordlibrary.org.

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4 Sessions, 3rd Monday of the Month (May 20, June 17, July 15 & August19) – 7:00 pm Participants will read and discuss the book The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig. The Inner Work of Age is a guide to working through the inner obstacles of late life and embracing the spiritual gifts Read More

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May’s meeting will be at The Crossbar (2225 Darby Rd, Havertown). Our book selection is The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale by Virginia Kantra. Stop by the Reference Desk to pick up a copy of the book and then join us at The Crossbar! About The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale: Dorothy “Dee” Gale is searching for a place to Read More

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History Lovers! This book club is for you! Each season we select a book for our first meeting to read together that covers a theme or time period of history. For our second meeting, we read from a list of books around the topic of the first book. For May, we will be reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. Just Read More

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Join us on the 4th Tuesday of each month for this adult book discussion that is open to all. A different contemporary adult fiction or non-fiction book will be discussed at each meeting. For May we will be discussing The Royal We by Heather Cocks. You can sign up and get a copy of the book at the Reference Desk. Read More

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Interested in nonfiction? Join our book club featuring only nonfiction titles. May’s selection is Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant. About Fire Weather: In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, Read More

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4 Sessions, 3rd Monday of the Month (May 20, June 17, July 15 & August19) – 7:00 pm Participants will read and discuss the book The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig. The Inner Work of Age is a guide to working through the inner obstacles of late life and embracing the spiritual gifts Read More