A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for September's Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, September 29th. The book selected for this presentation is "Girl" by Edna O'Brien (2020/ 240 pages). Presenter: Graziella Viglione "I was a girl once, but not anymore." A powerful and heartbreaking novel inspired by the true experiences of […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, October 27th. The book selected for our October presentation is "Autobiography of a Corpse" by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (2013/ 256 pages). Presenter: Allan Schill A dazzling collection of eleven imaginative and surreal stories. A journalist becomes consumed by the […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, November 24th. The book selected for our November presentation is "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig (2020/ 288 pages). Presenter: Floria Conta Between life and death lies a library where every book offers the chance to experience […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, January 26th. The book selected for our January presentation is White Mughals: Love & Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple (2004/ 580 pages). Presenter: Evelyne Samard A remarkable true story of love between James Achilles […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, February 23rd. The book selected for this presentation is "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles (2012 / 368 pages). Presenter: David Pickup On New Year's Eve 1937, a chance meeting changed the life of Katey Kontent […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, March 30th. The book selected for this presentation is "Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold" by C. S. Lewis (1956 / 313 pages). Presenter: Zoe Hall Lewis reimagines the myth of Cupid and Psyche through […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, April 27th. The book selected for this presentation is "The Hero of This Book" by Elizabeth McCracken (2022) • 192 pages. Presenter: Elena Baldi Following her mother's death, a writer travels to London and reflects upon memory, […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, May 25th. The book selected for this presentation is "A Rising Man" by Abir Mukherjee (2016) • 400 pages. Presenter: Ornella Cerutti Former Scotland Yard detective Captain Sam Wyndham arrives in colonial Calcutta seeking a fresh […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, June 29th. The book selected for this presentation is "Girl, Woman, Other" by Bernardine Evaristo (2019) • 464 pages. Presenter: Paola Pellissero A vibrant, award-winning novel following the lives of twelve interconnected Black British characters across generations. […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, September 28th. The book selected for this presentation is "Wet Paint" by Chloe Ashby (2022) • 336 pages. Presenter: Graziella Viglione Still grieving the loss of her closest friend, Eve struggles to keep her life together. […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, October 26th. The book selected for this presentation is "Trust" by Hernan Diaz (2023) • 416 pages. Presenter: Floria Conta New York in the roaring 1920s. Benjamin and Helen Rask appear to embody extraordinary wealth and […]
A Year of Stories…Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this month’s Literary Circle presentation on Tuesday, November 30th. The book selected for this presentation is "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" Richard Flanagan (2014) • 334 pages. Presenter: David Pickup. Winner of the Booker Prize, this unforgettable novel follows Australian surgeon […]