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  • March Whiting Library Book Club

    Please join us next week for our monthly book club. This month's pick is Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. The library has extra copies available for check out so you may join in the discussion on March 8th at 5PM.

  • Book Discussion: Persuasion by Jane Austen

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    The Whiting Library Book Club will meet on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. to discuss Persuasion, Jane Austen's last fully completed novel,. Even if you don't get the book finished, please join us for our talk. Everyone is welcome! If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at...

  • Cooking the Book Discussion Club

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    If you like to cook (or eat!), join your neighbors for food and conversation each month at our cookbook club! Each month, we'll take home copies of the same cookbook and then prepare one of the recipes to bring to the next meeting. At meetings, we'll eat and talk about the food and book, our...

  • Book Club: How the Penguins Saved Veronica

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy of the monthly selection.   Happy reading!

  • Vermont Reads Discussion: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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    Last Night at the Telegraph Club is the book selection for Vermont Reads 2023. Whiting Library is grateful to Vermont Humanities for making this program possible.  Last Night at The Telegraph Club explores themes of self-acceptance, familial and cultural ties, US/China relations, LGBTQ+ and Feminist history, McCarthyism and xenophobia, music of the 1940s and 1950s, and the Asian...

  • Book Club: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

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    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.   Happy reading!

  • Adult Book Discussion: All That I Have

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Adult Book Discussion: Commonwealth

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Adult Book Discussion: Delta Wedding

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Virtual Author Talks: America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter With Special Guest Host Barbara Kingsolver

    PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/117440/register WATCH THE RECORDING HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the...

  • Virtual Author Talks: On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal

    PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/145583/register  WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us online April 2nd at 2 PM for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight. Sally Ride became a household name as...

  • Virtual Author Talks: On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/146207/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us online April 14th at 7 PM for a conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability...

  • Virtual Author Talk: Lush Lyricism and Intimate Confessions with Miranda Cowley Heller

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/147455/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   On April 22 at 2 PM, join an online discussion with award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller as she takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water...

  • Virtual Author Talks: On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds

    REGISTER TO ATTEND LIVE EVENT: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/148079/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us in an online conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds on April 30th at 7 PM as we discuss his latest work, Coach, the fifth–and last–entry in the highly popular Track series. Following the immersive stories of Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny, it’s finally...

  • The Light Pirate: A Facilitated Book Discussion

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Please join us at Whiting Library on May 7th from 6 - 7 PM for a fascinating discussion on the Vermont Reads 2025 book The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, led by facilitator Eric Bye. The Light Pirate follows Wanda, born into a rapidly changing world of rising sea levels and devastating weather. As she...

  • author Marjan Kamali with the cover of her book The Lion Women of Tehran

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love with Marjan Kamali

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/155483/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us on May 7th at 7 PM for an exciting online conversation with internationally acclaimed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bestselling novel, The Lion Women of Tehran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives...

  • author Dr Vivienne Ming with the cover of her book Robot-Proof

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: How to Robot-Proof Your Kids (and Yourself) with Dr. Vivienne Ming

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/156118/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us May 12th at 2 PM online for a timely conversation on AI, humanity, and the next steps towards building a better future with self-proclaimed “mad scientist” Dr. Vivienne Ming as we discuss her new book, Robot-Proof: When Machines Have All the Answers,...

  • author Nir Eyal with the cover of his book Beyond Belief

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Reshape Your Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential with Nir Eyal

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/157388/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us on May 19th at 2 PM for an online author discussion. What if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible…was belief? This is the question posed by bestselling author Nir Eyal in his new work, Beyond Belief....

  • Book Club

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Whiting Library's Book Club will be meeting to discuss Summer by Edith Wharton. If you want to participate in the book club, contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277...

  • author Matt Dinniman with the covers of his books A Parade of Horribles and Dungeon Crawler Carl

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Apocalyptic Mayhem, Lava-Spitting Llamas, and One Very Sassy Cat: Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG with Matt Dinniman

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/161929/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! On June 11th at 7 PM Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of...