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Join the Trans By Trans Book Club

More books are written by and for trans and nonbinary people than ever before, and the Free Library wants YOU to read them with us! Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and…

Join the Entrepreneur Book Club

Most CEOs read four to five books a month — join their ranks! Every Fourth Saturday of the month, the Entrepreneur Book Club will discuss books focusing on starting, running, and enhancing business success,…

Discover Queer-Friendly Reads Recommended by the Trans by Trans Book Club

Greetings from the Trans by Trans Book Club folks! Are you looking for recommendations based on our recent reads? Check out these book club read-a-likes. *Note - Not all titles are written by trans authors about trans people. …

Join the Celebrity Memoir Book Club at Fumo Family Library!

Love memoirs? Love celebrity gossip? This new book club is for you! Join us at Fumo Family Library ! Every fourth Tuesday of the month we will discuss a different memoir authored by a celebrity. A limited number of books will be…

Short Story Book Club Coming to Parkway Central Library

Introducing a new book club at the Parkway Central Library — on the second Monday of each month, the Short Story Book Club will meet from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in Philbrick Hall to discuss collections of short-form…

Join Something New: The Intergenerational Teen Book Club at PCI Library

Reading and discussing books is powerful! The connections we make with stories, with ourselves, and with others can bring us closer together and help us understand more about those who experience the world differently…

The Philadelphia Comics Collection Debuts in the Art Department

Are you an avid reader of comics, and of the age 18+? The Art Department is stoked to announce an exciting new collection for you to explore: The Philadelphia Comics Collection (PCC) is a living, growing, cutting-edge catalog made up of…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection

With fall approaching, what better time than now to join the Adult Literacy Book Club , presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center ! Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books as we…

Adult Literacy Book Club's Winter Book Selection

Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Don't always have a lot of time…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Fall Book Selection

10 Great Reads from the Holmesburg Library Book Club

Since 2019, the Holmesburg Library's Book Club has met biweekly to discuss great modern literature, nineteenth-century classics, and historical nonfiction, to name just a few genres. Not even the pandemic could stop the book club…

The Adult Literacy Book Club's Latest Book Selection

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

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…

Trans By Trans Book Club

Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary adult readers. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing…

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

Trans By Trans Book Club

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

Rainbow Parent Book Club: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather Could the Scandinavian philosophy of “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” hold the key to happier, healthier lives for American children? When…

Record Of The Month Club

Like a Book Club, but for music! Listen to the selected album, then join us on the last Tuesday of every month for a free-flowing discussion about what we all liked and didn't like, the historical or personal significance of the…

Confident Allies Reading Group

CALLING ALL ALLIES! Please join us on the last Saturday of the month. Allies amplify LGBTQ+ voices, and challenge misconceptions that block full participation in community. Together, we will read, discuss, and support each other in…

Rainbow Parent Book Club: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

Trans By Trans Book Club

Rainbow Parent Book Club: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder...

Rainbow Parent Book Club: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

Weekly Summer Read-a-Thon

Read books and earn prizes all summer long. Each week at Cecil B. Moore, we’ll have our all- ages reading lounge set up. Come early and pick some lo-fi beats to set the moo. We’ll set a summer-long reading goal and compete…

Rainbow Parent Book Club: Momma Cusses

There are lots of experts out there who will tell you they have the magic recipe to raising perfect humans. Gwenna Laithland is not one of them. She’s one of us. Frustrated, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Her relatable…

Adult Summer Scares Book Club

Horror stories aren’t just for Halloween! Join us to discuss the book “Reprieve” by James Han Mattson and hear a haunted history talk from the folks at Grim Philly. Attend without doing the reading, if you dare, but…

Record Of The Month Club

One Crazy Summer Book Club

Join us on the last Monday of each month this summer for the One Crazy Summer book club and spend the summer back in time with the Gaither sisters! Each month we'll focus on one of the three books in this award-winning series by…