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Thurs. 3/23/23 6pm Stephen King Book Club at Wood Memorial Library: Needful Things  

Facilitated by local author Jessica Bottomley. Feel free to BYO food/drink. 783 Main St., South Windsor, CT

 

Mon. 3/27/23 10:30am Women's History Month E. Windsor Senior Center Book Club: Cilka's Journey

All welcome – you do not need to be a resident! 125 Main St., Broad Brook, CT (behind the Fire Dept.)

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Fri. 4/7/23 10:30am: Evergreen Crossings Book Club: Circling the Sun

Residents of Evergreen Crossing will join book club facilitator, Cynde Acanto.

This event is for residents only.

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Mon., 4/10/23 6pm South Windsor Senior Center Book Club: The Book Woman's Daughter

South Windsor seniors are encouraged to read The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson,

and join us for a lively discussion. Call (860) 648-6361 to register.

Book club facilitated by, Cynde Acanto. Cynde's motto is: "The only thing better than reading a book is talking about it with others."

If we have enough interest, they will offer a monthly book club, to be held the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:00-7:00 PM

at the South Windsor Senior Center, 150 Nevers Rd., South Windsor, CT

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Thurs. 4/20/23 1pm Vintage Book Club at Wood Memorial Library: Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck

Facilitated by book podcaster Chris Wolak. Feel free to BYO food/drink. 783 Main St., South Windsor, CT

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Thurs. 4/20/23 6pm Stephen King Book Club at Red Heat Tavern: Gerald's Game

Facilitated by local author Jessica Bottomley. Separate checks provided. 400 Evergreen Way #466, South Windsor, CT

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Mon. 4/24/23 10:30am E. Windsor Senior Center Book Club: Lessons in Chemistry

All welcome – you do not need to be a resident! 125 Main St., Broad Brook, CT (behind the Fire Dept.)

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Thurs. 4/27/23 5:30pm Pints & Pages Book Club: Poetry Month Field Trip, Steve Straight at Wood Memorial Library 

To celebrate Poetry Month, our Pints & Pages Book Club will meet at Wood Memorial Library to hear poet Steve Straight!

This book club and event are free and open to all. Feel free to BYO food/drink. Arrive at 5:30 to socialize.
At 6pm Straight will read a selection of his poems, and then lead a discussion and Q & A. Steve's poems are accessible, easy to discuss, and always make sense.
He will also have signed copies of his books, including his latest release, Affirmation ($15.95, Grayson Books), available for purchase.
“Steve Straight is a poet of everyday experience whose disarmingly casual voice can lead the reader into deeper waters of insight and modest epiphanies. Every one of the poems in The Almanac achieves that rare thing in the streets of contemporary poetry: they are just plain interesting.”

—Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States

Straight, of South Windsor, is a retired professor of English and former director of the poetry program at MCC. He was presented with the 2023 William Meredith Award in Poetry for his book, Affirmation, published by Grayson Books. Straight was recently appointed the new poet laureate of South Windsor, CT.

His previous full-length collections include The Almanac (Curbstone/Northwestern University Press, 2012) and The Water Carrier (Curbstone, 2002), which was a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award in Poetry. For many years he directed the Connecticut Poetry Circuit. He also directed the Seminar Series for the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. He has given workshops on writing and teaching throughout the eastern United States. In 1998 he was named a Distinguished Advocate for the Arts by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.

783 Main St., South Windsor, CT

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Fri. 5/5/23 10:30am: Evergreen Crossings Book Club: Caste

Residents of Evergreen Crossing will join book club facilitator, Cynde Acanto.

This event is for residents only.

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Tues. 5/30/23 1pm Author Event: Susan MacNeil, 18 Minutes: A Daughter’s Primer on Life & Death

We are pleased to be the bookseller at this event. Free & open to all. Call (860) 648-6361 to register.

Signed books available for purchase during this event. You may order and receive your copy in advance by clicking HERE.

18 Minutes: A Daughter’s Primer on Life & Death is part love letter, part cautionary tale and part instructional manual chronicling one daughter’s experience during the final 18 minutes of her mother’s life. For most, the death of a parent is painful at any age. Susan and her mother, Jean, were exceptionally close, communicating daily via email and phone. Weekend mystery trips were a must. Susan could not imagine a time when her mother would no longer be with her, but Jean knew that day eventually would come. So when she turned 85, Jean wisely told her daughter it was time for her to attend “When Mom Dies School,” even though Susan would have rather skipped class.

South Windsor Senior Center, 150 Nevers Rd., South Windsor, CT

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SAVE THE DATE! Tues. 7/11/23 6pm Book Launch Event: Megan Collins, Thicker Than Water

In Conversation with Kara Sundlun, Emmy Award winning television journalist and author.

Join us as we celebrate author Megan Collins’ latest mystery on release day! Free (& spoiler free event), open to all!

Click to pre-order your copy of Thicker Than Water NOW! Signed books also available for purchase during event.

Light refreshments served.

Evergreen Crossings Resort Community’s theater, 900 Hemlock Ave., S. Windsor, CT

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