Library Events Calendar

Morning Book Group: A Marriage at Sea

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September read is A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst.

Vermont Reads Book Discussion: Charity & Sylvia

Join our book discussion on this year's Vermont Reads book: Charity & Sylvia by Tillie Walden.

Morning Book Group: The House in the Cerulean Sea

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our June read is The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.

Evening Book Group: Call Me American (Hybrid)

Evening Book Group meets fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our June book is Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin.

Evening Book Group: Mexican Gothic

Evening Book Group meets fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September book is Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Morning Book Group: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our May read is Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal.

Evening Book Group: Brown Girls (Hybrid)

Evening Book Group meets fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our May book is Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades.

Evening Book Group: American Sirens (Hybrid)

Evening Book Group meets fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our April book is American Sirens by Kevin Hazzard.

Evening Book Group: Small Things Like These

Evening Book Group meets Fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our March book is Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

Morning Book Group: Lessons in Chemistry

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays (usually) for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our March read is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

Evening Book Group: The Wedding Date

Evening Book Group meets Fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our February book is The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory.

Evening Book Group: Apeirogon

Evening Book Group meets Fourth Tuesdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our January book is Apeirogon by Colum McCann.

The Language of Resilience: Words in a Warming World

A Way With Words co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett explore the language of climate change.

Vermont Reads: The Light Pirate (Hybrid)

Join us for Vermont Reads: a special book discussion of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton.

Morning Book Group: Murder on the Orient Express

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our October read is Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

Morning Book Group: The Midnight Library

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our January read is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Morning Book Group: Chain-Gang All-Stars

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our February read is Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.

Morning Book Group: Between Two Moons

Morning Book Group meets second Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our April read is Between Two Moons by Aisha Abdel Gawad.

Evening Book Group: Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September read is Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty.

Evening Book Group: The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Join us for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our October read is The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez.

Morning Book Group: When I Was Puerto Rican

Morning Book Group meets second 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.

Truth and Justice Series

A series of conversations moderated by the Reverend Mark Hughes, director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance.

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.

Kawaii Culture in Japan and Beyond

Join us for a talk about the past and present of "Kawaii" culture.

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.

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.

Sampling and the Evolution of Hip Hop

Burlington D.J. and City Councilor Melo Grant will lead us on a musical journey through the evolution of hip hop.

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.

South Burlington Candidate Forum