Book & Movie Discussion Groups at the Eldredge Public Library

The Friends of Eldredge Public Library Book Discussion Group

This group meets once a month at the Library from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.  Everyone is welcome!

2025-2026

September 23, 2025 -The Women by Kristen Hannah

October 28, 2025 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

November 18, 2025 - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 

December 16, 2025 - Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall

January 27, 2026 - Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

February 24, 2026 - TBD

March 24, 2026 - TBD

April 28, 2026 - TBD

May 26, 2026 - TBD

June 23, 2026 - TBD

If you have any questions or to join the group, please call Linda Nixon at 508-945-2094.    

EPL Book-to-Film Discussion Group

Some of the most enduring films have been inspired by great literature. And some books seemed to be nothing special until brought into sharper focus by a great filmmaker. The Eldredge Public Library would like to invite you to join our a book-to-film discussion group.   We each read the pre-selected book for the month, and then meet at the Library to watch the film together and discuss the merits of each. Facilitated by a Library staff member, the group chooses the titles. We are have an interesting exchange of ideas, thoughts, and impressions. Most of all, we enjoy an afternoon of fun in a relaxed setting with congenial people!

Please contact Mike McCartney @ mmccartney@clamsnet.org to register.

2024

 January 7, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

February 3, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

March 2, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - The Hours by Michael Cunningham

April 6, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

May 4, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

June 1, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

July 6, 2024 2 1:00 pm - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remargue

August 3, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

September 7, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

October 5 , 2024@ 1:00 pm - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

November 2, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

December 7, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - Under the Tuscan Sun by Francis Mayes

2025

February 1, 2025 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

March 1, 2025 - The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

April 5, 2025 - We will be watching the documentary:  The Navigators : Pathfinders of the Pacific which is based off Sea People: The Puzzles of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

May 3, 2025 - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson  

June 7, 2025 - Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

August 2, 2025 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

September 6, 2025 - Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

October 4, 2025 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

November 1, 2025 - Animal Farm by George Orwell

December 6, 2025 - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group

Attention all cookbook lovers!  We invite you to join our  book group: Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library.  The group meets the first Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks.  Each month (except July & August) we will choose a cookbook.  You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we meet to sample the recipes and talk about the chosen cookbook and your cooking experience!  A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Copies of the cookbook will be available at the Library about 1 month ahead of the meeting date.  To sign up for each month, please contact Lorna Dzialo @ 508-945-5170 or ldzialo@clamsnet.org.  Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

2024

January 9, 2024 @ 5:15 -6:30 pm - The Blue Zones Kitchen by Dan Buettner

February 6, 2024 @ 5:15-6:30 - A to Z World Foods Database

March 5, 2024 @ 5:15-6:30 - My Vermont Table by Gesine Bullock-Prado

April 2, 2024 @ 5:15 - 6:30 pm - Cooking at Home with Bridget and Julia by Bridget Lancaster and Julia Davison

May 7, 2024 @ 5:15 - 6:30 pm - Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perlman

June 4, 2024 @ 5:15 - 6:30 pm - Magnolia Table, Volume 2 by Joanna Gaines

September 3, 2024 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - The "I Don't Want to Cook" Book by Alyssa Brantley

October 1, 2024 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Cook This Book by Molly Baz

November 5, 2024 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Moosewood Restaurant Favorites by The Moosewood Collective

December 3, 2024 @ 5:15 - 6:30 - The Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust by Ina Garten

2025

January 7, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - It's All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow

February 4, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Big Heart, Little Stove by Erin French

March 4, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - A to Z World Food online resource

April 1, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl

May 6, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Cooking in Real Life by Lidey Heuck

June 3, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Magnolia Table V.3 by Joanna Gaines

September 9, 2025 @ 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking by Caroline Chambers

October 7, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Does This Taste Funny? by Stephen Colbert

 Chatham Great Books Discussion Group

This discussion group is for people who want to talk about outstanding writings in history, literature, philosophy, politics, science, theology, and other disciplines.

Great Books discussion groups use an approach to discussion called Shared Inquiry, which follows a few simple guidelines designed to make a discussion more rewarding by keeping the group’s attention focused firmly on the text and its interpretation.

The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of the Month from 3:30-5:00 pm throughout the year.

The Great Books Discussion group will be presenting a special 100th anniversary presentation of  Virginia Wolf's Mrs. Dalloway on Tuesday September 23 at 3:30pm. .   The Great Books Group members will be facilitated in the discussion by Alice Van Buren Kelley, Phd, retired Dean of Literature at the University of Pennsylvania.   Registration is not required and all are invited to attend.

For more information please contact facilitator Rick Pike at 508-221-3240 or fwchatham@yahoo.com   

Any Book Club

We will be using the Mass Center for the Book's 2025 Reading Challenge as our Any Book Club guide. During our meetings each member will have an opportunity to describe and recommend (or not!) the book they read. Feel free to attend even if you haven't read to theme - the more readers and books the better! Please email moderator Victoria Eldridge with any questions.

Would you like the library to help acquire books for your members?  Please download our Book club Guidelines.  We are happy to help! Is your book club looking for suggestions? Click here for a list of books previously chosen by various book clubs in Chatham.