Summer 2006

Copies of the books are available from the hosting organization.
Please call the hosting library to confirm dates and times.
 
These Literature for a Lifetime book discussions are sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council and local libraries.  Click here for additional programs hosted by local libraries with materials from the Connecticut Humanities Council's lending library.
 

East Windsor

Murder on the Menu

Wed., 7:00-8:30pm, July 12, 19, 26, Aug 2

Library Association of Warehouse Point

107 Main Street, 860-623-5482

With Lynn Faria, Independent Discussion Leader

   

Granby

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, John Grogan

Tues., Aug 8 , 7:00-8:30pm

Granby Public Library

15 North Granby Road, 860-844-5275

With Virginia Hale, Retired Emerita, University of Hartford

   

Rowayton

Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories

Sun., Aug. 6, 3:00-4:30pm

Pompeii, Robert Harris
Mountain Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder

A Trip to the Beach, Robert & Melinda Blanchard

Dates in July and Aug., please call for dates and times

Rowayton Library

33 Highland Avenue, 203-838-5038

With Gary Storhoff, University of CT-Stamford

   

Windsor

A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean, Robert & Melinda Blanchard

Thurs., Aug. 10, 7:00-8:30pm

Windsor Public Library

323 Broad Street, 860-285-1918

With James Ieronimo, Independent Scholar

   
The following programs are hosted by local libraries with materials from the Connecticut Humanities Council's lending library.  Please call the hosting library to confirm dates and times.

Farmington

Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog, John Grogan

Mid-August, 7:00pm

Farmington Library

6 Monteith Drive, 860-673-6791

   
Hamden

Small Island, Andrea Levy

Call Library for date and time.

Hamden Library

2901 Dixwell Avenue, 203-287-2680

   

Rowayton

Macbeth

Call Library for date and time.

Rowayton Library

33 Highland Avenue, 203-838-5038

   
Somers

Hometown, Tracy Kidder

Call Library for date and time.

Somers Public Library

51 Ninth District Road, 860-763-3501

   

Stony Creek

Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog, John Grogan

June 20, 7:00pm

   

 

Tell Me a Riddle, Tillie Olsen

Aug 15, 7:00pm

 

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library

146 Thimble Islands Road,203-488-8702

   

Thomaston

Tell Me a Riddle, Tillie Olsen

June 14, call library for time.

Thomaston Public Library

248 Main Street, 860-283-4339

   

Wallingford

Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog, John Grogan

June 7, 7:00pm  

   

 

Small Island, Andrea Levy

July 5, 7:00pm

   

 

A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean, Robert & Melinda Blanchard

Aug 9, 7:00pm

   

 

Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden

Sept 6, 7:00pm

Wallingford Public Library

200 North Main Street, 203-265-6754