Book Club – 2025-2026 Schedule

The Atwater Library Book Club is led with intelligence and skill by writer Mary Soderstrom.

Meetings are in person in the Atwater Library Adair Auditorium, expect for February and March when they are online only by Zoom.

FREE ADMISSION. Everyone is welcome to attend one or more sessions.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Physical book: Click here

eAudiobook narrated by Sarah Naudi: Click here

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
The Siege by Ismail Kadare, translated from Albanian to French by Jusuf Vrioni and from French to English by David Bellos

eBook: Click here

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

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eBook: Click here

DVD of TV Miniseries: Click here

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, translated from Italian by William Weaver

eAudiobook narrated by Jefferson Mays: Click here

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm BY ZOOM ONLY
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

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eBook: Click here

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm BY ZOOM ONLY
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

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DVD of 1968 movie starring Maggie Smith: Click here

Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard: Click here

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert, translated from French by Donald Winkler

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eBook: Click here

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Barometer Rising by Hugh MacLennan

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Hugh MacLennan’s Barometer Rising: A Reader’s Guide: Click here

Hugh MacLennan: A Writer’s Life by Elspeth Cameron: Click here

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

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eBook: Click here

For more information, contact our Head Librarian Roxann Fournier-Hoyt at 514-935-7344 or rfhoyt@atwaterlibrary.ca.