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Monthly Book Club

Wed, April 2, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.

School Age

Family Programs

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, April 3, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…

Queer Comics Club

Sat, April 5, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

Join our book club where we explore graphic novels and manga centering queer stories and voices. Open to all ages! Meeting dates: April 5 & 19, and May 3 & 17.

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Poetry Book Club

Sat, April 5, 2025 1:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Join our themed Poetry Book Club! Check out and read a book of poetry from your local library relating to each month's theme. Then, we'll meet with others to discuss what we've read. April's theme is contemporary Black poetry.

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

Tue, April 8, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

If you love mysteries and thrillers, join us for our book club! As a genre, mysteries span countries, cultures, and historic periods, varying in tone, pace, and characterization. From the hardboiled to the cozy, from the plodding of a procedural to the twisty legal thriller, there are…

Adult
Senior

Book Clubs

April Book Club: Clap When You Land

Tue, April 8, 2025 4:30 P.M.
Bushrod Library

Book Club: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo In this novel, written in verse, two sisters - one in New York, the other in the Dominican Republic, learn of the other's existence after their father is killed in a plane crash.

Book Clubs

Trans By Trans Book Club

Tue, April 15, 2025 6:00 P.M.
Virtual

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing craft, the art of creating our lives, and more. Free…

Adult

Discussion and Participation

Queer Comics Club

Sat, April 19, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

Join our book club where we explore graphic novels and manga centering queer stories and voices. Open to all ages! Meeting dates: April 19, and May 3 & 17.

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Entrepreneur Book Club

Sat, April 26, 2025 2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Most CEOs read 4 - 5 books a month - join their ranks! The Entrepreneur Book Club will read books that focus on starting, running, and enhancing business success, as well as titles that speak to the entrepreneurial mindset. We will meet in the BRIC on the fourth Saturday of the month. Join us in…

Adult

Business

Falls Book Club

Mon, April 28, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be the 2025 One Book, One Philadelphia title. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of the month,…

Adult
Senior

Discussion and Participation

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, May 1, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Queer Comics Club

Sat, May 3, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

Join our book club where we explore graphic novels and manga centering queer stories and voices. Open to all ages! Meeting dates: May 3 & 17.

Other Great Programs

Monthly Book Club

Wed, May 7, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.

School Age

Family Programs

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

Tue, May 13, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Adult
Senior

Book Clubs

Queer Comics Club

Sat, May 17, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

Join our book club where we explore graphic novels and manga centering queer stories and voices. Open to all ages!

Other Great Programs

Falls Book Club

Mon, May 19, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be After Annie , by Anna Quindlan. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of the month, in the…

Adult
Senior

Discussion and Participation

Entrepreneur Book Club

Sat, May 24, 2025 2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Adult

Business

Monthly Book Club

Wed, June 4, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join us to discuss books and life and eat snacks! This book club is ideal for fourth through sixth graders. Copies of each book will be available to check out at the reference desk.

School Age

Family Programs

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, June 5, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Falls Book Club

Mon, June 30, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be The House of Broken Bricks , by Anna Quindlan. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. Our Book Club meets generally on the last Monday of the…

Adult
Senior

Discussion and Participation