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The library’s Conference Room will be unavailable for programming starting January 27 while the library prepares to move to a temporary location for the Library Expansion & Renovation Project. Until the temporary location opens (probably early March), some of the library’s regular discussion groups will meet in other locations and/or have alternate schedules:
All discussion groups that previously met regularly in the library’s Conference Room will relocated to a programming room in the library’s temporary facility (601 S. Oak St.) after it opens.
| Date & Time | Discussion |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, January 28 @ 7:30 pm |
Great Books Foundation Discussion Series Anti-Federalist Papers: Brutus #1,#4 by Robert Yates & Cato #4 by George Clinton |
| Thursday, February 6 @ 2 pm |
New Yorker Discussion Group The Equality Conundrum (January 13 issue) by Joshua Rothman |
| Tuesday, February 11 @ 7:30 pm |
Great Books Foundation Discussion Series Federalist Papers: #39, #51 by James Madison & #70 by Alexander Hamilton |
| Tuesday, February 25 @ 7:30 pm |
Great Books Foundation Discussion Series Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti |
| Tuesday, March 3 @ 10:30 am |
Senior Book Discussion Series Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng |
| Thursday, March 12 @ 7:30 pm |
Thursday Evening Book Discussion Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann |
| Thursday, March 19 @ 7 pm |
Middle School Book Club The Golden Compass by Philip Pullmann |
A "Great Books" discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Open to all and no registration required.
A discussion group for grades 6 through 8 held during the school year. Registration required; limited copies of the book are available at the Youth Services Desk each month. For more information please call 703-248-5034 (TTY 711) or stop by the Youth Services Desk.
Enjoy reading The New Yorker but wish you had someone to chat about it with? Drop into the monthly New Yorker reading group to share your thoughts on what you’ve read in a variety of articles. The group meets on the first Thursday of the month from 2-3 pm. Pick up the articles at the senior center or at the circulation desk of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. A librarian will coordinate the discussions.
A general book discussion geared toward seniors and held roughly every 6 weeks from September through June, usually on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Focuses on a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles selected in advance (over the summer) by the group. Open to all and no registration required.
A general book discussion held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm. Books are usually selected by the group 3 to 6 months in advance and alternate between fiction and nonfiction. Open to all and no registration required.
All library book discussion groups meet in the library’s Conference Room (unless otherwise noted) and light refreshments are usually served.
Advance registration is required for the Middle School Book Club. Please call 703-248-5034 (TTY 711) or stop by the Youth Services Desk for more information.
A limited number of paperback copies of discussion books are available on a "first-come, first-serve" basis at the Circulation Desk or (for teen discussion groups) at the Youth Services Desk. You can also search our online catalog for any of the titles.
Thinking about starting your own book club with friends? Check out the Book Club To Go Kits, which include 10 paperback copies of a book, discussion questions, and more!