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BOOK CLUB

DAYTIME: EXPLORING NATURE BOOK CLUB

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
1:30 - 3 P.M.
 

This monthly discussion group is facilitated by different group members each month and meets from September through June. Books are chosen twice a year by group members.

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Books to be discussed in 2023:

  • Jan 3rd: Share a book you've recently read that others might enjoy.

  • Feb 7th: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

  • Mar 7th: The Fox and I by Catherine Raven

  • April 4th: National Poetry Month - share a favorite nature-themed poem

  • May 2nd: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry Lopez

  • June 6th: The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery and the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer

  • Sept 5th: Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Great Environmental Awakening by Douglas Brinkley

  • Oct 3rd: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

  • Nov 7th: The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet

  • Dec 5th: The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester

EVENING: NIGHT OWL BOOK CLUB

THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
7 - 8:30 PM

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This monthly discussion group is designed for people who can't make the daytime book club. Books are chosen twice a year by group members.

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​Books to be discussed in 2023:

  • Jan 17th: Share a book you've recently read that others might enjoy.

  • Feb 21st: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

  • Mar 21st: The Fox and I by Catherine Raven

  • April 18th: National Poetry Month - share a favorite nature-themed poem

  • May 16th: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry Lopez

  • June 20th: The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery and the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer

  • Sept 19th: Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Great Environmental Awakening by Douglas Brinkley

  • Oct 17th: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

  • Nov 21st: The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet

  • Dec 19th: The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester

Please contact Martha Scoville at mscoville@harbornet.com for further information on where the book clubs meet. Clubs are sometimes conducted online by ZOOM.

Want to see what selections the book club has enjoyed in the past? Download the PDF list.

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