The Patten Free Library Book Group meets on the last Wednesday (unless noted) of each month at 3 pm in the Board Room. We match a pair of books, one a work of fiction, the other of nonfiction, on a topical and timely theme. New members are always welcome! Read the latest book group news here.
PFL Winter/Spring Book Group Last Wednesdays at 3:00 pm. In-person
Dates & Titles for Spring ’25:
February 26: North Woods by Daniel Mason
Nonfiction: Reading the Forested Landscape: A natural history of New England by Tom WesselsTheme: New England natural history
March 26: Fiction: AEdnan: An Epic by Linnea Axelsson (a novel in verse)
Nonfiction: Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920s by Bunny McBride and Harald Prins.
Theme: Indigenous peoples: Sami, Abenaki
April 30: Fiction: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Nonfiction: A Great Disorder by Richard Slotkin
Theme: American mythology
May 28: Fiction: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Nonfiction: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Theme: The Oxford English Dictionary
Books on Tap
Books on Tap is back for a special spooky October event with a focus on horror! Bring some favorite spine chilling titles to discuss at Bath Brewing (141 Front Street) on Thursday, October 10 at 6pm.
Always wanted to join a bookclub, but don’t like anyone telling you what to read? This is the place for you! Bring a favorite title or two to your local brewery, and discuss books of all kinds while enjoying an adult beverage.
