Writers Circle
The Writers Circle meets in the community room from 10:0
0 - 12:00 on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. All are welcome to join this active group of writers for sharing and discussion. Call the library at 629-9085 for more information.
0 - 12:00 on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. All are welcome to join this active group of writers for sharing and discussion. Call the library at 629-9085 for more information.The Richland Community Library Book Discussion Group
Our book group meets at 7:00 p.m on the 2nd Thursday of the month. If you want to receive e-mail updates about upcoming book discussions and other adult programs, click here and select Sue Parker-Carter, Adult Programming.
..........Upcoming Book Discussions.......
Thursday May 9 at 7:00 pm
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
This intensely suspenseful novel follows Tony Webster, a middle aged man whose life is turned upside down when he's bequeathed a journal from an school friend who committed suicide forty years ago.
Thursday June 13 at 7:00 pm
Thursday June 13 at 7:00 pm
- a grown-up kind of pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
This novel is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family.
Thursday, August 8 at 7:00 pm
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Thursday, September 12 at 7:00 pm
- wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Thursday, October 10 at 7:00 pm
- Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer
Thursday, August 8 at 7:00 pm
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Thursday, September 12 at 7:00 pm
- wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Thursday, October 10 at 7:00 pm
- Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer
How can you get the book without buying it? You may use our st
atewide Interlibrary Loan System to borrow from another library. Have your home library card i n hand and click onto this web site: MeLCat - the Michigan eLibrary. Your selection will be delivered to your home library (only residents of Richland Township/Village or Paid Members may select Richland Community Library through MeL).
atewide Interlibrary Loan System to borrow from another library. Have your home library card i n hand and click onto this web site: MeLCat - the Michigan eLibrary. Your selection will be delivered to your home library (only residents of Richland Township/Village or Paid Members may select Richland Community Library through MeL). We have a Genealogy Group that meets every month!
Mark your calendars for the 3rd Thursday of the month and join Ken, Janine and friends for an hour of exploring family history. This "roundtable discussion group" meets at 10:00 a.m. down in the Local History room and is scheduled to meet again on Thursday, May 16 . There's no registration; come join us!Book Club in a Bag!
Want to start your own book club on your own terms? We've put together 7 "Book Club in a Bag" kits. There are 6 books in the kit and can be checked out for 6 weeks. Discussion questions are included as well as other suggested reading. Kits may be reserved but not renewed.
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Poisonwood Bible; a novel by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Pact: a love story by Jodi Picoult
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Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Ask at the upper level circulation desk for more information.
Adult Programming
We want to know what kinds of programs YOU would like to participate in at our library. Click here to send an e-mail to our Adult Programmer Sue Parker- Carter or call us at 629-9085 and give us your suggestions.