Book clubs

Meet and connect in person and virtually with other book lovers, discuss your favourite books and discover your next great read.  All in person book clubs are drop in, enrollment is not required. Some programs may require enrollment.

Check our catalogue for print copies or visit our OverDrive site for eBook copies. You can also borrow eBooks from Hamilton Public Library, Burlington Public Library, London Public Library and Ottawa Public Library on OverDrive.

Book clubs

Last Thursday of the month | 7:00 pm | Enroll
2023

January 26 | The pull of the stars by Emma Donoghue
February 23| Velvet was the night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
March 30 | Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
April 27 | Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel
May 25 | We were never here by Andrea Batz

Second Thursday of each month | 7:00 pm

A collaboration between Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga Public Libraries. It is a great way to meet readers from all three communities and talk about books you may not have discovered on your own.

All are welcome to join us for this virtual book club featuring titles written by 2SLGBTQ+ (2 spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) authors. Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga Libraries strive to contribute to a culture that recognizes diversity and fosters social inclusion. In this book club, diverse ideas can be communicated while following our collective responsibility to uphold safer spaces for all community members.

2023

January 12 | Punch Me up to the Gods : A Memoir by Brian Broome
February 9 | Felix Ever After by Kacen Calender
March 9 | Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
April 13 | Skye Falling : A Novel by Mia McKenzie | Enroll
May 11 | Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel | Enroll
June 8 | Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead | Enroll
July 13 |  Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe | Enroll
August 10 | My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson | Enroll
September 14 | Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H | Enroll
October 12 | This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone | Enroll
November 9 | The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr | Enroll
December 14 | The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang | Enroll

2023
Churchill Meadows Library

January 27 | Vegan Cooking
February 24 | Julia Child
March 24 | Taste Canada Award Winners

Frank McKechnie Library | 7 pm

January 12 | Healthy Recipes
February 9 | International Recipes
March 9 | Chef’s Choice
April 13 | Pasta Recipes
May 11 | Asian Recipes
June 8 | Family Favorites

Lorne Park Library | 7 pm

April 25 | Smitten Kitchen & Smitten Kitchen Keepers
May 30 | Pinch of Yum
June 27 | A Small Stove & Well Seasoned

Port Credit Memorial Arena Pop Up Library | 7 pm

January 17 | The soup book : 200 recipes season by season by Sophie Grigson
February 21 | Nadiya’s everyday baking by Nadiya Hussain
March 21 | Skinnytaste meal prep : healthy make-ahead meals and freezer recipes to simplify your life by Gina Homolka
April 18 | Jamie Oliver
May 16 | Chetna Makan
June 20 | Ina Garten

Sheridan Library | 10 am

May 31 | Baking

South Common Library | 7 pm

April 11 | Mexican Food Made Simple
May 9 | Coconut Lagoon
June 13 | Polska: New Polish Cooking

Calling all film lovers! Watch at home and come to the library to discuss a different film each month. All movies are available via Hoopla or Kanopy, found on Movies and TV.

2023
Frank McKechnie Library

February 28 l Loving Vincent
March 28 l Ophelia

Malton Library
Monday | 6 pm

January 16
February 13
March 13

Port Credit Memorial Arena Pop Up Library
Second Thursday of the month | 7 pm

January 12 | Redwood Highway
February 9 | Compartment No. 6
March 9 | Sound of Metal
April 13 | The Club
May 11 | C’mon C’mon
June 8 | Ida

Burnhamthorpe Library
Last Monday of the month | 10 am
2023

January 23 | The chosen maiden by Eva Stachniak
February 27 | The henna artist by Alka Joshi
March 20 | The last thing he told me by Laura Dave
April 17 | The Dutch house by Ann Patchett
May 29 | The magic strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
June 26 | Violeta by Isabel Allende
July 24 | Chosen ones by Veronica Roth
August 21 | First mistake by Sandie Jones

Churchill Meadows Library
Let’s Talk Books
Third Wednesday of the month | 7 pm

January 18
February 15
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21

Cookbook Club
Fourth Friday of the month | 10:30

January 27 | Vegan Cooking
February 24 | Julia Child
March 24 | Taste Canada Award Winners

Clarkson Library
First Wednesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 4 | Caste: the origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
February 1 | The Thursday murder club by Richard Osman
March 1 | Beloved by Toni Morrison
April 5 | You are not alone by Greer Hendricks
May 3 | The Lincoln highway by Amor Towles
June 7 | The song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Cooksville Library
Third Wednesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 18 | The shape of family by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
February 22 | The cold millions by Jess Walter
March 22 | The sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
April 19 | The deep by Rivers Solomon
May 17 | The dinner by Herman Koch
June 21 | Beach read by Emily Henry

Erin Meadows Library
Second Thursday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 12 | The deep by Rivers Solomon
February 9 | The guest list by Lucy Foley
March 9 | American dirt by Jeanine Cummins
April 13 | Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
May 11 | A town called Solace by Mary Lawson
June 8 | Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

Teen Book Club
2:30 pm
2023

January 19 | Turtles all the way down by John Green
February 17 | Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Frank McKechnie
Second Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 10 | Station eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
February 14 | Malibu rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
March 14 | Nine perfect strangers by Liane Moriarty
April 11 | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
May 9 | Catch and kill: lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect protectors by Ronan Farrow
June 13 | People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry
July 11 | The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune
August 8 | The Thursday murder club by Richard Osman

Cookbook Club
Second Thursday of the month l 7:00 pm
2023

January 12 | Healthy Recipes
February 9 | International Recipes
March 9 | Chef’s Choice
April 13 | Pasta Recipes
May 11 | Asian Recipes
June 8 | Family Favorites

Movie Discussion Club
Last Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

February 28 l Loving Vincent
March 28 l Ophelia

Lakeview Library
The first Thursday of the month unless otherwise posted | 2 pm
2023

January 5 | Educated by Tara Westover
February 2 | The four winds by Kristin Hannah
March 2 | The handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood
April 6 | Radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women by Kate Moore
May 4 | Woman with the blue star by Pam Jenoff
June 1 | Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens

Living Arts Pop Up Library
Third Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 17 | Chosen ones by Veronica Roth
February 21 | Not a happy family by Shari Lapena
March 21 | Sex and vanity by Kevin Kwan
April 18 | Agent Sonya: Moscow’s most daring wartime spy by Ben Macintyre
May 16 | The last thing he told me by Laura Dave
June 20 | What we don’t talk about when we talk about fat by Aubrey Gordon

One Thursday each month | 10:30 am

April 20 | Agent Sonya: Moscow’s most daring wartime spy by Ben Macintyre
May 18 | The last thing he told me by Laura Dave
June 22 | What we don’t talk about when we talk about fat by Aubrey Gordon

Lorne Park Library
Second Thursday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 12 | The Lincoln highway by Amor Towles
February 9 | The fisherman by Chigozie Obioma
March 9 | The winemaker’s wife by Kristin Harmel
April 13 | Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
May 11 | Machines like me by Ian McEwan
June 8 | The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Cookbook Club | 7 pm

April 25 | Smitten Kitchen & Smitten Kitchen Keepers
May 30 | Pinch of Yum
June 27 | A Small Stove & Well Seasoned

Meadowvale Library
Third Thursday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 19 | The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune
February 16 | Born a crime by Trevor Noah
March 16 | The Woo-Woo: how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demon, and my crazy Chinese family by Lindsay Wong
April 20 | Erotic stories for Punjabi widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
May 18 | Ayesha at last by Uzma Jalaluddin
June 15 | Son of a trickster by Eden Robinson
July 20 | The skin we’re in: a year of black resistance and power by Desmond Cole
August 17 | We have always been here: a queer Muslim memoir by Samira Habib

Mississauga Valley Library
Last Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 31 | Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
February 28 | And the mountains echoed by Khaled Hosseini
March 28 | The glass castle by Jeannette Walls
April 25 | Klara and the sun by Ishiguro Kazuo
May 30 | Brother by David Chariandy
June 27 | Bellevue square by Michael Redhill
July 25 | At home: a short history of private life by Bill Bryson

Port Credit Memorial Arena Pop Up Library
Third Tuesday of the month | 10 am
2023

January 17 |  Agent Sonya: Moscow’s most daring wartime spy by Ben MacIntyre
February 21 | Such a fun age by Kiley Reid
March 21 | The invisible life of Addie LaRue by Victoria  Schwab
April 18 | Leave the world behind by Rumaan Alam
May 16 | Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
June 20 | Uncanny valley: a memoir by Anna Wiener

Cookbook Club
Third Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 17 | The soup book : 200 recipes season by season by Sophie Grigson
February 21 | Nadiya’s everyday baking by Nadiya Hussain
March 21 | Skinnytaste meal prep : healthy make-ahead meals and freezer recipes to simplify your life by Gina Homolka
April 25 | Smitten Kitchen & Smitten Kitchen Keepers
May 30 | Pinch of Yum
June 27 | A Small Stove & Well Seasoned

Movie Discussion Group
Second Thursday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 12 | Redwood Highway
February 9 | Compartment No. 6
March 9 | Sound of Metal
April 13 | The Club
May 11 | C’mon C’mon
June 8 | Ida

Sheridan Library
First Wednesday of the month | 10 am
2023

January 4 | Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
February 1 | The vanishing half by Brit Bennett
March 1 | The lying game by Ruth Ware
April 5 | Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
May 3 | The last bookshop in London: a novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
June 7 | How to pronounce knife: stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa
July 5 | Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
August 2 | Beautiful world, where are you? By Sally Rooney

Cookbook Club | 10 am

May 31 | Baking

South Common Library
Last Tuesday of the month | 7 pm
2023

January 31 | Anxious people by Fredrik Backman
February 28 | The island of the sea women by Lisa See
March 28 | Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
April 25 | The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
May 30 | Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
June 27 | Indians on vacation by Thomas King
July 25 | Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
August 29 | Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

Cookbook Club
Second Tuesday of the month l 7 pm
2023

April 11 | Mexican Food Made Simple
May 9 | Coconut Lagoon
June 13 | Polska: New Polish Cooking

Streetsville Library
Last Thursday of the month | 1:30 pm
2023

January | Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
February 23 | Precious cargo: my year of driving the kids on school bus 3077 by Craig Davidson
March 30 | Violeta by Isabel Allende
April 27 | Apples never fall by Liane Moriarty
May 25 | City of thieves by David Benioff
June 29 | The chosen maiden by Eva Stachniak