Book Discussions

Join us on Thursday, May 30, at 7 pm for a discussion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mystery, “The Hound of the Baskervlles.” The discussion will take place in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building.

Eric Garcia, author of “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation,” will be our guest for a Zoom Book Talk on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 pm.

Debut Author Jiaming Tang will present a book discussion and signing of his book, “Cinema Love,” on Wednesday, May 22, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.

We are pleased to welcome Ramin Ganeshram, author of “The General’s Cook,” on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 pm. This book talk is Part 1 of a three-part series entitled “Historical Foodways: Seed, Hearth & Taste,” which will feature food writers, historians, and seed savers.

Tonight’s program is postponed because the speaker is ill. We are working to schedule a new date. We apologize for the last-minute cancellation.

Perrot P.I.s, the Library’s monthly mystery book group, will meet next on Monday, April 15, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, to discuss “What the Dead Know, ” by Laura Lippman. All are welcome.

Author Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York University, will discuss her latest book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, and Why We Need to Fight Back, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library. This program is designed to highlight World AI Week, April 15-19, 2024.

We are thrilled to announce that Best-Selling Author Liza Mundy will be visiting Perrot Memorial Library virtually via Zoom on Monday, March 18, at 7 pm, to discuss her new book, “The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA.” This program is offered in honor of Women’s History Month in March.

Local Author Anastasia Mills Healy will discuss her latest book, “100 Things to Do in Connecticut Before You Die,” on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.

Please join us for our February meeting when we’ll discuss “The Crossing Places,” by Elly Griffiths, at 7 pm in the Rand Room, Main Waid Building, Perrot Memorial Library. This is a drop-in program; registration not required. Refreshments.

Author Jan Yager will discuss her book, “How to Promote Your Book,” on Monday, February 26, at 6 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.

Please join us for an Author Talk with Ainissa Ramirez, author of “The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another,” on Wednesday, February 21, at 7 pm, in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.