All the book group meetings are listed on the Adult Programs with lots more information and registration---CLICK HERE TO GO THERE
Adult Book Group
The Adult Library Group is led by our Circulation Assistant, Lauren Francis. Each selected book will be available digitally and in print. We will meet meet monthly in our upstairs meeting room. To get an invitation to the discussion register on our calendar. Meets at 7:30pm! See upcoming selections and register on the Adult Programs page. The group is meant to read a variety of recommended fiction and non-fiction that encourages lively discussion.
Fresh Voices Book Group
This new group is led by our Library Assistant, Sienna Tracy. The Fresh Voices Book Group is a new book group at the library that aims to read books by new voices—debut authors with fresh perspectives. We will be reading a mix of fiction and nonfiction as well as biographies and memoirs. Some of these books will cover topics dealing with current social issues–such as human rights, LGBTQIA+, and race–and some will be lighter contemporary reads.
The name Fresh Voices Book Group not only refers to the authors we will be reading, but also the members of the group who will, hopefully, be offering their unique and modern insight on the stories we read, while also discovering promising new authors. Though all are welcome to join, this book group is aimed at readers in their early twenties to thirties.
Titles are available the month prior at the circulation desk and digital copies also available. Please be sure to register for each discussion on the Adult Programs page.
The name Fresh Voices Book Group not only refers to the authors we will be reading, but also the members of the group who will, hopefully, be offering their unique and modern insight on the stories we read, while also discovering promising new authors. Though all are welcome to join, this book group is aimed at readers in their early twenties to thirties.
Titles are available the month prior at the circulation desk and digital copies also available. Please be sure to register for each discussion on the Adult Programs page.
Reading for Equity
The Reading for Equity book group was formed in 2020 in response to the worldwide protests in response to race based police violence which influenced many individuals, organizations and corporations to commit to educating themselves on how to be anti-racist. The Westwood Library is committed to providing an opportunity for this education by providing a quarterly book group focused on equity issues. The Library will be picking a book to focus on each quarter with a scheduled meeting to touch base. Please review on the Adult Programs page to see opportunities to learn about the featured book.
February 2023 -- Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
TBD--The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
January 10, 2022--The Piano by August Wilson
October 18, 2021--The Color of Law
June 16, 2021 -- Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Feb 2021 -- Stamped from the beginning by Ibram Kendi and Stamped: Racism, anti-racism and you by Jason Reynolds
Nov 202 -- Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
July 2020 -- The New Jim Crow by Michele Alexander, led by Ramapo College professor Paul Reck
February 2023 -- Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
TBD--The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
January 10, 2022--The Piano by August Wilson
October 18, 2021--The Color of Law
June 16, 2021 -- Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Feb 2021 -- Stamped from the beginning by Ibram Kendi and Stamped: Racism, anti-racism and you by Jason Reynolds
Nov 202 -- Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
July 2020 -- The New Jim Crow by Michele Alexander, led by Ramapo College professor Paul Reck