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The Hoover Library has discontinued their Book Club Kits, but are recommending that book groups choose books that already have a lot of copies in JCLC. Whenever possible, assist your local clubs with placing multiple books on hold (but encourage book club members to reserve their own copies) as well as assisting with finding discussion questions and author bios. Good options are bestsellers that are already a year or two old so there are still lots of copies around but not a huge demand. Keep in mind that working with local book groups can be a great reader's advisory outreach opportunity!
The Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery also
circulates 140 book club kits that are available to public libraries throughout
the state. The checkout period is three
months. Click here to search the catalog of titles.
For a broad survey of book group activity nationwide, check
out the American Library Association’s Book Discussion Groups guide: https://libguides.ala.org/bookdiscussiongroups
Bookgroups in the public libraries of Jefferson County:
BESSEMER
Page Turners Book Club meets via conference call on 3rd
Tuesdays at 11am. Deidre P. Sims (205-428-7882 or
deidre.sims@bessemerlibrary.org) www.bessemerlibrary.org/adultservices
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Thyme to Read explores gardening, nature, food, the
environment, horticulture, botany, plants, and pretty much anything that is
outside. They meet 1st
Thursdays each month at 6pm, currently on Zoom. Hope Long (hlong@bbgardens.org or 205-588-4593) https://bbgardens.org/library.php#Thyme
CENTER POINT
As the Page Turns meets via Zoom the last Tuesday of each
month at 7pm. Cara Wilhelm (cara.wilhelm@centerpointlibrary.org)
HOMEWOOD
Better Than Therapy Book Club meets the last Wednesday of
each month at 2pm in-person in the Library Boardroom (or on Zoom). Leslie West
(205-332-6620 or leslie.west@homewoodpubliclibrary.org) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups
Homewood Senior Center Book Club meets at the Homewood
Senior Center 3rd Thursdays each month (or on Zoom). Leslie West (205-332-6620
or leslie.west@homewoodpubliclibrary.org)
www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups
Oxmoor Page Turners Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 6:30pm
in the Library Boardroom and Zoom. Judith Wright (205-332-6622 or
judith.wright@homewoodpubliclibrary.org)
www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups
Social Justice Book Club meets 2nd Thursdays each month at
6:30pm in the Library Boardroom (or Zoom). Elizabeth Vander Kamp
(superpowerlistening@gmail.com) www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/book-groups
HOOVER
Insatiable Readers explores nonfiction titles based on a
different theme each month with no reading required before the meeting. They meet one Saturday each month at
10:30am. Pam Bainter (205-444-7840 or
pam.bainter@hooverlibrary.org) www.hooverlibrary.org/book-groups/insatiable
NovelTea meets one Sunday afternoon each month at 3pm. Tea
and cookies provided and there are frequent author interviews. Amy Harrell
(amy.harrell@hooverlibrary.org) or Lea Davis (lea.davis@hooverlibrary.org)
True Crime Book Club engages armchair detectives and those
fascinated by cold cases. They meet the
last Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the Allen Board Room. Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and
Zoom). Carrie Steinmehl (carrie.steinmehl@hooverlibrary.org)
HUEYTOWN
Hueytown Public Library Book Club meets at 2pm on the last
Thursday of each month, January through October, and the 3rd Thursday of
November. December's meeting is a
holiday luncheon. Sue Hodges (sue.hodges@hueytownlibrary.org)
O'NEAL (MOUNTAIN BROOK)
Bookies Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 10am in the Meeting
Room (Zoom available upon request). Katie Moellering (205-445-1118 or
kmoellering@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs
Books & Beyond allows members to read, listen to, or
watch the media of their choice within a given topic and then discuss their
selections with other participants. They meet the last Tuesday of each month at
6:30pm. Meetings are hybrid (in-person
and Zoom). Holley Wesley (205-445-1117
or hwesley@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs
Great Short Stories meets 2nd Mondays at 6:30pm in the
Conference Room. Meetings are hybrid
(in-person and Zoom). Holley Wesley
(205-445-1117 or hwesley@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs
Lost & Found: 20th Century Classics meets the last
Thursday of each month at 6:30pm on the 2nd floor. Gregory Lowry (205-445-1147 or
glowry@oneallibrary.org) https://oneallibrary.org/adults---book-clubs This group is on hiatus for several months.
SPRINGVILLE ROAD
Beyond Your Ordinary Book Club (BYOB) allows members to
read, listen to, or watch the media of their choice within a given topic and
then discuss their selections with other participants. They meet 3rd Tuesdays at 2pm. Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and
Zoom). Samuel Rumore (205-226-4083 or samuel.rumore@cobpl.org)
Fiction Book Club meets 2nd Tuesdays at 2pm. Meetings are currently hybrid (in-person and
Zoom). Laura Gentry (205-226-4083 or laura.gentry@cobpl.org)
TRUSSVILLE
VESTAVIA LIBRARY IN THE FOREST
More Than Words offers refreshments, lively discussion, and
more! They meet 3rd Thursdays at 11:30am in the Library Tree House. Holly
Parker (205-978-4678 or holly.parker@vestavialibrary.org)
www.vestavialibrary.org/adults or Facebook
Read & Feed meets on Zoom 1st Thursdays at 6pm. Terri Leslie (205-978-4678 or
terri.leslie@vestavialibrary.org)
WYLAM
Wylam Book Club discusses novels 3rd Wednesdays each month
at 11am. Selina Johnson (205-785-0349 or selina.johnson@cobpl.org)
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