Book and Film Group meetings are currently being held virtually.
Wednesday Book Group :
Please join us for a book discussion. We read a variety of books and love to talk about them!
Registration is required so that you can join us virtually. Register here!
Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. We will contact you prior to the event with instructions and a link. Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Please contact the library to inquire about borrowing the book for each meeting.
- Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - Bewilderment - Richard Powers
- Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - Hidden Valley Road - Robert Kolker
- Wednesday, July 20, 2022 - God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
- Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
- Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - Beasts of a Little Land - Juhea Kim
Contemporary Issues Book Group :
Join us for monthly discussions (and books) that deal with issues facing our society.
Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. Please contact Liz (lizr@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Please contact the library to inquire about borrowing the book for each meeting.
- Off for the Summer.
Documentary Film Group:
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - Acasa, My Home
- Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - Apollo 11
- Tuesday, July 26, 2022 - No meeting
- Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - Julia
- Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - Summer of Soul
Feel-Good Book Group:
Do you want to be uplifted when you read? Do you know that the best medicine for a dreary day is a good cup of tea and some Fredrick Backman, or Rachel Joyce? Join us for the Feel-Good book group. We will read books that will leave us feeling hopeful, happy, and full in heart. And then we will meet virtually (with a good cup of tea), and talk about how beautiful life can be!
Meetings will be held at 6:30pm. We will contact you prior to the event with instructions and a link. Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Registration is required so you can join us virtually. Register here!
- Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
- Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
- Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
IFC Film Group:
Please join us for a discussion of Independent, Foreign, and Classic films. We will watch the film at home and gather to discuss it!
Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. We will contact you prior to the event with instructions and a link. Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Please contact the library to inquire about borrowing the movie for each meeting.
- Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - The Artist
- Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - Amreeka
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - Bringing Up Baby
- Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - Amour
Do you enjoy poetry and wish you could talk about it with someone? Or, do you wish you understood poetry and what it was trying to say? Then join our monthly, pressure-free discussion group where we tiptoe and soar through the world of the word!
Registration is required so that you can join us virtually. Register here!
This group will meet monthly. Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. We will contact you prior to the event with instructions and a link. Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Please contact the library to inquire about borrowing the materials for each meeting.
- Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - Pablo Neruda - Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair
- Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - Sarah Kay - No Matter the Wreckage
- Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - Gwendolyn Brooks - In the Mecca
- Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - Amanda Gorman - Call Us What We Carry
- Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - Travels with George - Nathaniel Philbrick
- Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - Wild Swans - Jung Chang
Science Book Group:
Please join us for a virtual meeting where we discuss books about science! Do you read Carl Zimmer and Mary Roach, Brian Greene and Sam Kean? We do too! Join us for an exploration of the natural world, and beyond!
Registration is required so that you can join us virtually. Register here!
This group will meet monthly. Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. We will contact you prior to the event with instructions and a link. Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org) if you have any questions.
Please contact the library to inquire about borrowing the materials for each meeting.
- Monday, May 23, 2022 - Patient Zero by Lydia Kang
- Monday, June 27, 2022 - Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
- Monday, July 18, 2022 - Buzz, Sting, Bite by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
- Monday, August 22, 2022 - A Molecule Away from Madness by Sara Manning Peskin
- Monday, September 26, 2022- Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake