Adult Silent Book Group
Adults BYO book and read in peace, in company with your neighbors.
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Teen Silent Book Group
Teens bring whatever they're reading and come chat and read companionably with other teens.
Teen Blackout Poetry
Teens ages 13 - 18 use old books to create new works of art!
Morning Book Group: The Verifiers
Join the Library's morning book group in reading and discussing The Verifiers by Jane Pek.
Morning Book Group: James
Join the Library's morning book group in reading and discussing James by Percival Everett.
Teen DIY Bookmarks
Using a variety of material, teens ages 13 - 18 craft their own bookmarks.
Book Discussion: The Anxious Generation
A special tech related book discussion on The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Book Discussion: On the Housing Crisis
Learn about and discuss the causes and effects of homelessness and housing instability.
Evening Book Group: Detransition, Baby
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our April Read is Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.
Evening Book Group: In Other Words/In Altre Parole
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our May read is In Other Words (In Altre Parole) by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Evening Book Group: Veterans Health
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors.
Evening Book Group: The Office of Historical Corrections
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our June read is The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans.
February Morning Book Group: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Come join us for a group discussion of this vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest memoir.
Morning Book Group: Good Talk by Mira Jacob
Come join us for a group discussion of this wry and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us.
Morning Book Group: Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Join the Library's morning book group in reading and discussing Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Get resources for building healthy relationships.
Evening Book Group: Black is the Body
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our February read is Black is the Body, by Emily Bernard.
Italian Book Club: Balleremo la Musica Che Suonano
Join a book club that reads and discusses books in Italian.
Italian Book Club: La tua seconda vita
Join a book club that reads and discusses books in Italian.
Book Discussion: Gather: Vermont Reads 2024-25 Selection
Vermont Reads book discussion: Gather by Kenneth Cadow
Talk Books with your Neighbors!
Talk Books with your Neighbors!
Members-Only Preview Night: Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale! Sorted used books in great condition with special sale pricing on many titles.
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale! Sorted used books in great condition with special sale pricing on many titles.
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale! Sorted used books in great condition with special sale pricing on many titles.
Evening Book Group: Ducks
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our November read is Ducks, by Kate Beaton.
Family Storytime
Family Storytime celebrates the Freedom to Read!
Evening Book Group: When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our October read is When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky, by Margaret Verble.
Evening Book Group: When I Was Puerto Rican
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September read is When I Was Puerto Rican, by Esmeralda Santiago.
Energy Book Discussion: Road to Nowhere with Author Paris Marx
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Energy Committee members at the library for a conversation about Road to Nowhere, by Paris Marx.
Energy Book Discussion: All We Can Save
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Energy Committee members at the library for a conversation about All We Can Save, an anthology edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson.
Italian Book Club: Il Piccolo Principe
Join a book club that reads and discusses books in Italian.
Italian Book Club: La città del sorriso
Join a book club that reads and discusses books in Italian.
Evening Book Group: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our June read is The House in the Cerulean Sea, By T.J. Klune.
Summer Reading Program Kick-Off Event!
Author Event ~How to Make a Mountain: In Just 9 Simple Steps and Only 100 Million Years! by Amy Huntington
Duplicate of Morning Book Group: Missing, Presumed
Join us for October's book group pick Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner. All are welcome.
Book Group: Universe of Two with Author Stephen P. Kiernan
Join us for October's book group pick Universe of Two by Vermont author Stephen Kiernan. All are welcome. Note the Wednesday evening day/time.
Morning Book Group: Ministry for the Future
Join us for September's book group pick Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. All are welcome.
Cookbook Club: Jubilee
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Cookbook Club: Salamati
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Book Discussion: Homelessness is a Housing Problem
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee members at the library for a conversation about Homelessness is a Housing Problem, by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Albern.
Evening Book Group: When the Emperor Was Divine
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our May read is When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka.
Evening Book Group: The Boys in the Boat
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our April read is The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown.
Book Discussion: Ministry for the Future
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Energy Committee members at the library for a conversation about Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Italian Book Club: Seta
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our February book is Seta, by Alessandro Baricco.
Evening Book Group: Interpreter of Maladies
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our March read is Interpreter of Maladies, the stunning debut by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Teen Book Discussion: Messy Roots
Teens ages 13 - 18 are invited to join us for a discussion of the graphic memoir Messy Roots by Laura Gao.
Voices from Ukraine Film Series: Earth at FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming. One of the greatest silent movies ever made. Discussion to follow.
Voices from Ukraine Film Series: Winter on Fire
A civil rights movement erupts in the Ukraine after a peaceful student protest quickly morphs into a violent revolution. Discussion to follow.
Voices from Ukraine Film Series: Mr. Jones
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s in Agnieska Holland's award-winning feature film starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, and Peter Sarsgaard. Discussion to follow.
Voices from Ukraine Film Series: 20 Days in Mariupol at FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY
A team of journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. By Pulitzer-Prize winner Mstyslav Chernov. Discussion to follow.
Evening Book Group NEW DATE: Heavy: An American Memoir
Join us for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our February read is Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon.
Cookbook Club: Pulp
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Cookbook Club: Yiayia
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Italian Book Club: La Libreria Sulla Collina
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our November book is Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco.
Cookbook Club: The Vegan Chinese Kitchen
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Cookbook Club: Tenderheart
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Book Discussion: Braiding Sweetgrass
Meet your neighbors at the library for a conversation about Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. All are welcome. Hosted by the South Burlington Energy Committee and the Library.
Evening Book Group: Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our January read is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Made possible by Vermont Humanities. Adults and teens 14+ are welcome!
Intro to Chinese Characters
Learn about Chinese characters, their history, and how to make basic strokes and simple characters.
Pop-Up Halloween Family Storytime
Miss Alexa Leads a not-too-spooky Halloween Storytime for kids and caregivers
Italian Book Club: Novecento
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our November book is Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco.
Cookbook Club: Rambutan
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Book Discussion: Stranger Care
Meet your neighbors at the library for a conversation about Stranger Care, Sarah Sentilles's memoir of her time as a foster parent. All are welcome. The Vermont Department for Children and Families will join us at this conversation to answer questions and offer perspective.
Cookbook Club: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Evening Book Group: The Lost Painting
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our November read is The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr. All are welcome!
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. WE ARE AT CAPACITY Author event with Tracey West!
New York Times Bestselling Author Tracey West comes to Vermont!
Author event with Joe Roman!
Eat, Poop, Die; How Animals Make Our World- NAMED A TOP-TEN BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Author event with Angela Burke Kunkel!
Read & Paint with Local Author Angela Kunkel
Kids Book Club for K-2
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Kids Book Club for K-2- CANCELED FOR TODAY
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Kids Book Club for K-2
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Kids Book Club for K-2
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Kids Book Club for K-2
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Kids Book Club for K-2
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Italian Book Club: Come D'Aria
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our September book is Come D'Aria, by Ada D'Adamo.
Italian Book Club: Come D'Aria
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our October book is the second half of Come D'Aria, by Ada D'Adamo.
Italian Book Club: Bella Mia
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. In August, we will read Bella Mia, by Donatella Pietrantonio.
Evening Book Group: There There
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our October read is There There by Tommy Orange. All are welcome!
Cookbook Club: Flavors of the Sun
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Evening Book Group: Old in Art School
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September read is Old in Art School by Nell Painter.
Cookbook Club: Ottolenghi Flavor
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Cookbook Club: Double Awesome Chinese Food
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Evening Book Group: All Over Creation
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. June read is All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki.
Cookbook Club: Half Baked Harvest Every Day
Cookbook Club: Half-Baked Harvest Every Day. Balanced, flexible, feel-good meals. Cook a dish from the book and share dishes cooked by others.
Cookbook Club: Soo Fariista: Come Sit Down
Somali American students set out to preserve their culinary legacy by interviewing family members, researching available and alternative ingredients, and testing kitchen techniques. Explore their work in Soo Fariista: Come Sit Down.
Read Any Good Books Lately?
Talk to your neighbors about books you've loved, books you've hated, genres you're desperately curious about, and other fun lit-chat. Light refreshments. Open to all.
