"The Thousand Mile Summer" by Colin Fletcher

Join us at 1pm on Wednesday, August 10th for a discussion of Colin Fletcher's "The Thousand Mile Summer"  In 1958 Fletcher, author of the well known, "The Complete Walker" walked the length of California and wrote our August selection about his adventures on the trail.

Fletcher was a well known backpacker who wrote about several of his treks through America. Fletcher was born in Wales in 1922 and died in California in 2007. 

Please join our discussion of Fletcher's experiences and how they translate onto the written page. This is just the beginning of our California Dreaming selections. 

A New Year!

It's a new year for the Falmouth Memorial Library Wednesday Book Group.  We start with a new selection of books on with our July meeting.  We met today to discuss Nevada Barr's  "High Country".  The theme for this year is California.  We are looking for new members to join anytime.  We meet the 2nd Wednesday of every month  Next month we will be reading Colin Fletcher's "The Thousand Mile Summer".  

"March to Quebec" by Kenneth Roberts

Our next 2nd Wednesday Book Group meeting will be Wednesday, June 8th at 1pm.  We are reading Maine author, Kenneth Roberts' book, "March to Quebec". 

Please join us. We're always looking for new members!

Harriett Beecher Stowe---"Uncle Tom's Cabin"

We hope you will join us for the next meeting of our 2nd Wednesday of the Month book group!  We will be discussing "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Although Stowe was born in Connecticut, she did move to Brunswick, Maine when her husband accepted a job at Bowdoin College. 

Check out the links to the right for additional biographical information on this widely praised writer.

Book Chat Cafe

We hope you will join us for our newest "book group", Book Chat Cafe.  We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month @ 10am.  There is no reading list.  Just bring a few of your more recent favorite reads and we'll chat about them!  I've already picked up three titles of books I want to read.

Our next meeting is Saturday, May 14th @ 10am.  We will be "playing" with your library's new e-readers!  Come see what all the excitement is about and meet others in our community who love to read and share.

"Poets and Writers" Magazine

Your library has a wide variety of magazines available for check out. We've had  "Poets and Writers" magazine for a few years.  If you're interested in the art and craft of writing, stop by your library's Periodical Room.  "Poets and Writers" is published bimonthly and contains great articles about and for writers and poets.  Since the month of April is National Poetry Month, what better time than now to check out writing resources and start creating with words yourself.

April is Poetry Month--Remember to Bring Your Poem this week!

Next month's Book Group Meeting is all about Maine Poetry.  Please remember to bring a copy of the poem you've chosen to read in April to our March 9th meeting.  I will photocopy and distribute the poems to everyone at the March 9th meeting.