Book and Film Clubs

All are welcome to attend the Fayetteville Public Library's book clubs. BookTalk and BookTalk@Night feature acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction. Crimes and Clues is a lively mystery book club. The schedules are below, and the library provides multiple copies of the book.

To join one of the clubs , please inquire at the Reference Desk or call us at 856-7250. All meetings take place in the Ann Henry Board Room unless otherwise specified.

2010 Community Read is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Generously sponsored by the Walt Danforth Memorial Fund.

Join us this spring as we connect people to ideas through discussion of The Boy Who Harnassed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba.

• Monday, March 1 at 6:30 pm in the Walker Community Room
• Monday, March 8 at 1:00 pm in the Walker Community Room
• Sunday, March 14 at 2:00pm in the Walker Community Room

BookTalk@Night

Meets the first Monday of each month from 6:30–7:30 p.m.

• January 4, 2010 – Tinkers by Paul Harding.
• February 1, 2010 – The Mosaic Crimes by Giulio Leoni.
• March 1, 2010 – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba.
• April 5, 2010 – Push by Sapphire.
• May 3, 2010 – The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig.
• June 7 , 2010 – Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.
• July 12, 2010 – Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter.
• August 2, 2010 – Provenance: How a con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury.
• September 13 , 2010 – A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick.
• October 4, 2010 – One Book, One Community selection
• November 1, 2010 – Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall.
• December 2010 – No Meeting

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BookTalk

Meets the second Monday of each month from 1:00–2:00 p.m.

• January 11, 2010 – The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig.
• February 8, 2010 – The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom.
• March 8, 2010 – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba.
• April 12, 2010 – Push by Sapphire.
• May 10, 2010 – Time and Again by Jack Finney.
• June 14, 2010 – A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick.
• July 12, 2010 – Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.
• August 9, 2010 – Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter.
• September 13, 2010 – That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo.
• October 11 , 2010 – One Book, One Community selection
• November 8, 2010 – Provenance: How a con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury.
• December 2010 – No Meeting

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Crimes and Clues

Meets the first Friday of each month from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

• February 5,2010:  K.I.A. by Thomas Holland

• March 5, 2010:  The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
• April 2, 2010:  Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
• May 7, 2010:  The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
• June 4, 2010:  Soulless by Gail Carriger
• July 2, 2010:  Absolute Power by David Baldacci
• August 6, 2010:  Death of an Addict by M.C. Beaton
• September 3, 2010:  New York Dead by Stuart Woods
• October 1, 2010:  Time and Again by Jack Finney
• November 5, 2010:  What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
• December 3,2010:  Fate Worse Than Death by Sheila Radley

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Books in Motion

What is it?

If your book club struggles to find multiple copies for your members to read, then FPL might have your solution. Books in Motion: for book clubs that are always on the go.

Over the years, the FPL sponsored book clubs have generated quite a variety of titles that are now becoming available to check out as a single kit through Books in Motion. Some of the titles included are:

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

Each kit includes 10 copies of a book and a facilitator's folder full of discussion questions, themes, author biographies, book reviews and other supportive information to spark interesting conversations within any book group. Kits are packed for easy portability in either a FPL box or book bag.

Books in Motion kits are now available for 30 day check out periods and are renewable. Customers may also request an extended check out period if desired. Books in Motion titles can be found in the catalog or by visiting the Reading Room menu on our website.

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Available Kits

Fiction Titles

• Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
• Mary Kay Andrews, Savannah Blues
• J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Queen of Dreams
• Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea
• Clyde Edgerton, Lunch at the Piccadilly
• Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
• Greg Iles, Dead Sleep
• P. D. James, A Certain Justice
• Ed McBain, Mischief
• Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him, When I Met Him
• Radine Trees Nehring, A Valley to Die For
• Anne Perry, Bedford Square
• Ian Rankin, Black and Blue
• Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
• Jeff Shaara, Gods and Generals
• Donna Tartt, The Little Friend
• Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Non-Fiction Titles

• Edward Ball, Slaves in the Family
• Rick Bragg, All Over but the Shoutin'
• Patricia Cornwell, Portrait of a Killer, Jack the Ripper Case Closed
• Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
• Tony Horwitz, Blue Latitudes
• Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
• Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran

Young Adult Titles

• Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
• Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
• Jo Carson, Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet
• Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
• Ernesto Galarza, Barrio Boy
• William Goldman, The Princess Bride
• Herman Hess, Siddhartha
• Barbara A. Lewis, The Teen Guide to Global Action
• Walter Dean Myers, Monster
• Linda Sue Park, et. al., Click
• Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
• William Sleator, Interstellar Pig
• Anna Deavere Smith, Letters to a Young Artist
• Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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