Want to try a book club?

Posted on by Arnold Wengrow

Interested in joining a book club? Here’s some more information on some in the area:

  • The Buncombe County Public Library has 12 clubs meeting at branches throughout the county. For a listing, visit avl.mx/ce1. Be sure to scroll down to events calendar and click “book club” in the filter by event box.
  • The Black Experience Book Club, co-sponsored by the library and the YMI Cultural Center, meets at Noir Collective AVL, 39 S. Market St. On Thursday, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m., the club will be discussing The Furrows, a novel by Namwali Serpell. avl.mx/ce2 
  • Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St., launched its first book club over 20 years ago and now sponsors 10 groups. avl.mx/ce3
  • The Common Word Community Read at UNC Asheville offers free virtual and in-person lectures about The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by local author Dr. Benjamin Gilmer, beginning Monday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. To register, visit avl.mx/ce4.
  • The Asheville Art Museum’s Discussion Bound book club meets 6-8 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month in the museum’s  multipurpose space, level 1, 2 S. Pack Square. The club is free for museum members; nonmembers are required to pay general admission. avl.mx/cef
  • The Wilma Dykeman Legacy hosts the monthly Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club via Zoom. The next meeting is Thursday, March 9, 7-8 p.m. avl.mx/ceg
  • Firestorm Books & Coffee’s Waywardness as Survival Reading Group meets virtually Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Wednesday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. avl.mx/ceh
  • View the Buncombe County Library’s Book Club Fair video on Malaprop’s YouTube channel to learn about other clubs open to the public. avl.mx/cei

 

 

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About Arnold Wengrow
Arnold Wengrow was the founding artistic director of the Theatre of the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1970 and retired as professor emeritus of drama in 1998. He is the author of "The Designs of Santo Loquasto," published by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
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