Tuesday, July 26, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by
Morgan Callan Rogers.
Tuesday, August 30, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott.
Showing posts with label Book Discussion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Discussion. Show all posts
Friday, May 20, 2016
BANISTER BOOK GROUP:
Tuesday, June 28, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Professor and the Madman by Simon
Winchester. The shocking story of the single greatest
contributor to the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1857 reveals that the man
who contributed 10,000 definitions to the book was in fact a patient in an
asylum for the criminally insane.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Banister Book Group
Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith.
If you haven't discovered Lee Smith yet, this is the book to start with. The story is told in the unique form of letters spanning the life of Ivy Rowe. Ivy was born around the turn of the century in a small cabin in the southern Appalachians. If you have spent any time in this part of the country, Ivy's letters will bring their beauty back into fresh focus. Her letters also reflect the poverty and difficulty of life in the back woods. Ivy rebels against this way of life and grows up with the hope of making something of herself. This book though, is far from a Cinderella story. Ivy is far too human.
Tuesday, February 23, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas Cook.
Tuesday, March 30, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon.
Tuesday, April 27, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Author visit with Elizabeth M. Sharpe
Banister Book Group
Tuesday, September 29 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. In the Shadow of the Dam
by Elizabeth M. Sharpe
Books available for loan now!
On May 16, 1874, the Williamsburg reservoir dam broke, sending an avalanche of water from the Mill River over five villages that lined the valley in western Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Sharpe is a historian, writer, lecturer and educator living in Amherst, Mass. She is a native of Westfield, Mass. and a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She received a master's degree in history museum studies from the Cooperstown (NY) Graduate Program and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Delaware.
She is a former deputy assistant director for public programs at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History where she worked for 20 years. She moved back to western Massachusetts in 2002 to raise her children here and write history.
Her award winning book In the Shadow of the Dam: The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874, was published by the Free Press in 2004. She is the author of Amherst A to Z, 1759-2009 which the Amherst Historical society published in 2009 in celebration of the town's 250th anniversary.
She is president of the Amherst Historical Society and a member of the Amherst Historical Commission.
Sept. 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Book Discussion: Tuesday, June 30, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
From Publishers Weekly: In his first novel, Irish playwright and stand-up comedian O'Carroll mines the same material (Irish humor and gritty upbringing) as the novels that spawned the movies he's acted in: Roddy Doyle's The Van and the upcoming film version of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. A tribute to O'Carroll's mother, the narrative is set in the working-class Dublin of the 1960s, where Agnes Browne (the Mammy) works a fruit and vegetable stall with her best friend, Marion Monks, but dreams of dancing with suave singer Cliff Richard. And Agnes needs all the romance she can get as a sexually na?ve, newly widowed beauty raising seven kids on her own. Agnes helps her eldest son, Mark, negotiate puberty and search for a job, while defending her other children from sadistic nuns, gossipy neighbors, depression and each other.
Like stand-up comics, the characters here are more clever and glib than ordinary people, but these Dubliners are also irresistibly charming as they face their daily scrapes and heartbreaks. Tales of working-class Irish life now fill bookshelves, but there's space aplenty for O'Carroll's sturdy contribution. (May) FYI: The Mammy launches a trilogy that will include future Plume titles The Chisellers and The Granny. Meanwhile, O'Carroll will appear in a film version of The Mammy starring Anjelica Huston.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Janina Chung Book Talk, Far East from the Sun
Thank you Janina Chung for a delightful--although emotional book talk. Sasha and Anya's story embodies loyalty to family, faith and perseverance. A truly different perspective on World War II's Russia.
Janina's book Far East from the Sun is available at the library or http://www.reededwards.com/
Thursday, April 16, 2009
May Book Discussion
Banister Book Discussion,Tuesday, May 26, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo.
A first novel of rare beauty and sensitivity, Jeff Talarigo's The Pearl Diver follows the harsh fate of a 19-year-old Japanese pearl diver who is diagnosed with leprosy. It is 1948. There are trial medications for her condition, but a weight of prejudice against her. Her name is erased from the family register, and she is rowed to a lifelong exile at the island leprosarium on Nagashima. Ordered to give herself a new name, she decides on Miss Fuji, for the mountain she loves. The balance of the novel is delivered in poignant fragments that appear as notes to a modern-day anthropological study of the leprosarium.
We will explore our local history connected to leprosy and the colony on the Pekinese Island, located 12 miles off Cape Cod.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Book signing with John Jeppson, Tuesday, November 18, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a book signing and refreshments and sharing stories of Oakholm Farm with John Jeppson!
Available at the library and Tip Top Country Store now! $29.40/make checks payable to: Tide Pool Press
Making Hay: Tales from Oakholm, a Farm in Massachusetts by John Jeppson.
‘Combining local history, family memoir and a naturalist’s simple affection for place, John Jepsson recalls his family’s efforts to adapt a well-loved property to changing times. Bought in 1925 and now hosting a fifth generation of the Jeppson family, Oakholm has been optimistically run as a commercial enterprise in Brookfield, Massachusetts during the better part of a century in which farming has virtually disappeared from the local landscape.
Making Hay: Tales from Oakholm, a Farm in Massachusetts by John Jeppson.
‘Combining local history, family memoir and a naturalist’s simple affection for place, John Jepsson recalls his family’s efforts to adapt a well-loved property to changing times. Bought in 1925 and now hosting a fifth generation of the Jeppson family, Oakholm has been optimistically run as a commercial enterprise in Brookfield, Massachusetts during the better part of a century in which farming has virtually disappeared from the local landscape.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Three Cups of Tea, Book Discussion
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Book Discussion at the Brookfield Library, Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 p.m. ALL are welcome, including enthusiastic students...
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Check out Greg Mortenson's blogspot.....
http://gregmortenson.blogspot.com/
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Check out Greg Mortenson's blogspot.....
http://gregmortenson.blogspot.com/
Friday, June 6, 2008
John Jeppson, "Making Hay"
Gloria and her brother Archie (Harrison) Achilles: Gloria holding a photograph of her mother, "My grandfather was the Farmer Brown in Mr. Jeppson's book, the picture is of my mom Alice Wilson at the age of 14 in a row boat from the farm on Quaboag."
John Jeppson, "Making Hay"
Norma came to the discussion with a story: "Evelyn Peterson is my sister-in-law and I spent many Christmases at the the farm house across the street."
John Jeppson "Making Hay"
John and Marianne admire Matt Bansfield's Amaryllis on display at the library.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
John Jeppson Book Discussion
Join us at the library for a Book Discussion and signing of John Jeppson's book, Making Hay. Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
John Jeppson, Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Available at the library and Tip Top Country Store now! $29.40/make checks payable to: Tide Pool Press
Making Hay: Tales from Oakholm, a Farm in Massachusetts by John Jeppson.
‘Combining local history, family memoir and a naturalist’s simple affection for place, John Jepsson recalls his family’s efforts to adapt a well-loved property to changing times. Bought in 1925 and now hosting a fifth generation of the Jeppson family, Oakholm has been optimistically run as a commercial enterprise in Brookfield, Massachusetts during the better part of a century in which farming has virtually disappeared from the local landscape.
Making Hay: Tales from Oakholm, a Farm in Massachusetts by John Jeppson.
‘Combining local history, family memoir and a naturalist’s simple affection for place, John Jepsson recalls his family’s efforts to adapt a well-loved property to changing times. Bought in 1925 and now hosting a fifth generation of the Jeppson family, Oakholm has been optimistically run as a commercial enterprise in Brookfield, Massachusetts during the better part of a century in which farming has virtually disappeared from the local landscape.
Thursday, May 29, 7:00 p.m. join us all for a book signing and discussion with John Jeppson.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Banister Book Group
BANISTER BOOK GROUP-- NEW MEETING DAY AND TIME!
Thursday’s at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 3, 3:00 p.m.
Anna Quindlen’s, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, and Roger Rosenblatt’s, Rules for Aging: Resist normal impulses live longer attain perfection. You’re invited to share a personal experience if any special memories are ignited during the reading either of these books.
Thursday, January 31, 3:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. A travelogue of soul-searching and self-discovery.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Banister Book Group
Banister Book Group
Tuesday, November 27, 7:00, My Fine Feathered Friend by William Grimes.
http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~/ for Patron Placed Hold, or call the library to reserve your copy.
From Publishers Weekly
The arrival of a particularly cheeky chicken in his Queens neighborhood gives New York Times food critic Grimes the impetus for this entertaining little book about the unusual visitor and all things fowl. The bird touches down in Grimes's backyard without warning, and the reaction of the animal-loving author and his wife turns from surprise to delight when the chicken makes a home among their family of cats, staking out its own patch of turf in their backyard and brazenly taking its place in the "cafeteria line" for cat food. Grimes deftly sprinkles historical background and anecdotes about chickens into his chronicle of the bird's behavior and the reaction of neighbors and colleagues. He muses on the small adjustments he made in his own lifestyle to accommodate the chicken as a pet, and offers subtle, compelling observations about the ancient relationships between animals and humans, which have their place even in the city. The bird's moment of fame is short-lived it vanishes as mysteriously as it came only a few days after Grimes begins writing about the chicken in his column. The moment is a sad one for Grimes and his wife, but the chicken's short hiatus in Queens will be a boon for readers who chuckle their way through this well-told tale, proving once again that a good writer can make a meaningful story out of anything. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Tuesday, November 27, 7:00, My Fine Feathered Friend by William Grimes.
http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~/ for Patron Placed Hold, or call the library to reserve your copy.
From Publishers Weekly
The arrival of a particularly cheeky chicken in his Queens neighborhood gives New York Times food critic Grimes the impetus for this entertaining little book about the unusual visitor and all things fowl. The bird touches down in Grimes's backyard without warning, and the reaction of the animal-loving author and his wife turns from surprise to delight when the chicken makes a home among their family of cats, staking out its own patch of turf in their backyard and brazenly taking its place in the "cafeteria line" for cat food. Grimes deftly sprinkles historical background and anecdotes about chickens into his chronicle of the bird's behavior and the reaction of neighbors and colleagues. He muses on the small adjustments he made in his own lifestyle to accommodate the chicken as a pet, and offers subtle, compelling observations about the ancient relationships between animals and humans, which have their place even in the city. The bird's moment of fame is short-lived it vanishes as mysteriously as it came only a few days after Grimes begins writing about the chicken in his column. The moment is a sad one for Grimes and his wife, but the chicken's short hiatus in Queens will be a boon for readers who chuckle their way through this well-told tale, proving once again that a good writer can make a meaningful story out of anything. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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