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Adults<br />
Book Clubs &<br />
Discussion Groups<br />
Walking Book Club<br />
Main Library Conference Room<br />
Wednesdays, 9/6 – 10/25 • 7 pm<br />
<strong>Sept</strong>ember Killers of the Flower<br />
Moon by David Grann<br />
<strong>October</strong> Yellowface<br />
by R.F. Kuang<br />
Great Books Discussion<br />
Group R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Conference<br />
Room & Zoom<br />
Mondays • 7 pm<br />
9/11 The Nose by Nikolai Gogol<br />
(short story)<br />
10/9 Beowulf - translation by<br />
Seamus Heaney or<br />
Marie Devhana Headley<br />
(Epic poem)<br />
Co-sponsored by the American Association of<br />
University Women Elgin Area Branch. Facilitators:<br />
Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen.<br />
Contemporary Book<br />
Group<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Mondays • 7 pm<br />
9/18 Just a Regular Boy<br />
by Catherine Ryan Hyde<br />
10/16 The House Is on Fire<br />
by Rachel Beanland<br />
Rakow Readers<br />
Book Club R<br />
Rakow Branch Shales Living Room<br />
Mondays • 1:30 pm<br />
9/25 Glass Chateau<br />
by Stephen P. Kiernan<br />
10/23 The Ferryman<br />
by Justin Cronin<br />
African American Authors<br />
Discussion Group<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Mondays • 6:30 pm<br />
9/25 Angela Davis<br />
10/23 Paul Laurence Dunbar<br />
This group selects a different<br />
African American author each<br />
month and discusses topics<br />
including love, freedom, civil<br />
rights, churches, schools,<br />
challenging times, plays and<br />
music.<br />
LGBTQ+ Book Club R<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Saturday, 10/28 • 4 pm<br />
Punch Me Up to the Gods:<br />
A Memoir by Brian Broome.<br />
All are welcome.<br />
Poetry Writers Workshop R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Grove Room & Zoom<br />
Tuesdays, 9/5, 10/2 • 6:30 pm<br />
Share your love of poetry and your work<br />
in a supportive environment. Facilitated by<br />
Elgin Poet Laureate Gareth Mann.<br />
Writers on the Fox R<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Thursdays, 9/7, 10/5 • 7 pm<br />
This writer’s peer group will inspire and<br />
motivate you using prompts and exercises<br />
for creative writing. All writing genres welcome.<br />
Evening Chess Club<br />
Main Library 2nd Floor Behind the Elevator<br />
Mondays, 9/18, 10/2, 10/16<br />
5:30-7 pm<br />
Armchair Generals R<br />
Meadows Community Room A<br />
Wednesday, 10/11 • 11:45 am<br />
Monthly Civil War discussion group.<br />
Coffee with a Cop<br />
Building Relationships<br />
One Cup at a Time<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Tuesday, 10/3 • 10 am<br />
Coffee with a Cop brings police officers<br />
and community members together over<br />
coffee and donuts to discuss issues and<br />
learn more about each other.<br />
A Celebration of Poetry,<br />
Gratefulness and Gardening R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Saturday, 10/14 • 1 pm<br />
Celebrate our community read, The<br />
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, with<br />
Elgin Poet Laureate Emeritus Chasity<br />
Gunn, Hamilton Wings and community<br />
gardeners. This program is made possible by a<br />
grant from the Big Read--NEA.<br />
Libby App Added to<br />
our 24/7 eLibrary<br />
You can now borrow<br />
eBooks, eAudiobooks<br />
and magazines to read<br />
on your phone or tablet,<br />
including Kindle Paperwhite<br />
(U.S. only), with the Libby app by<br />
OverDrive! Keep items for 7, 14<br />
or 21 days (chosen by borrower).<br />
dlil.overdrive.com<br />
Virtual Author Talks<br />
For <strong>October</strong> Live Virtual Author Talks<br />
and recorded videos of past speakers,<br />
visit: libraryc.org/gailborden<br />
Life, Love, Family, and Food<br />
An Author Talk with<br />
Lidia Bastianich R<br />
Virtual<br />
Thursday, <strong>Sept</strong>ember 7 • 6 pm<br />
Join us for an intimate evening with<br />
award-winning television host and<br />
bestselling author Lidia Bastianich<br />
as she talks about her memoir My<br />
American Dream: A Life of Love, Family,<br />
and Food.<br />
How to Get Unstuck<br />
When It Matters Most<br />
An Author Talk with Adam Alter R<br />
Virtual<br />
Wednesday, 9/20 • 1 pm<br />
Join us as we chat with New York<br />
Times bestselling author Adam Alter<br />
about his new book, Anatomy of a<br />
Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck<br />
When It Matters Most.<br />
On Writing Three<br />
International Bestsellers<br />
An Author Talk with Amor Towles R<br />
Virtual<br />
Wednesday, 9/27 • 7 pm<br />
Please tune in as we chat online with<br />
New York Times bestselling author<br />
Amor Towles about his incredible body<br />
of work.<br />
Unexpected<br />
Experience in Raising a<br />
Mentally Ill Child R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Tuesday, 10/17 • 6:30 pm<br />
Join Maralee Parker as<br />
she shares stories from<br />
her newly released memoir detailing her<br />
experiences in adopting an infant and<br />
facing several unexpected diagnoses and<br />
challenges in the years to follow.<br />
GAILBORDEN.INFO<br />
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