Book & Movie Discussion Groups at the Eldredge Public Library

The Friends of Eldredge Public Library Book Discussion Group

This group meets once a month at the Library from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Everyone is welcome!

2025-2026

September 23, 2025 -The Women by Kristen Hannah

October 28, 2025 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

November 18, 2025 - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

December 16, 2025 - Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall

January 27, 2026 - Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

February 24, 2026 - TBD

March 24, 2026 - TBD

April 28, 2026 - TBD

May 26, 2026 - TBD

June 23, 2026 - TBD

If you have any questions or to join the group, please call Linda Nixon at 508-945-2094.

EPL Book-to-Film Discussion Group

Some of the most enduring films have been inspired by great literature. And some books seemed to be nothing special until brought into sharper focus by a great filmmaker. The Eldredge Public Library would like to invite you to join our a book-to-film discussion group. We each read the pre-selected book for the month, and then meet at the Library to watch the film together and discuss the merits of each. Facilitated by a Library staff member, the group chooses the titles. We are have an interesting exchange of ideas, thoughts, and impressions. Most of all, we enjoy an afternoon of fun in a relaxed setting with congenial people!

Please contact Mike McCartney @ mmccartney@clamsnet.org to register.

2025

June 7, 2025 - Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

August 2, 2025 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

September 6, 2025 - Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

October 4, 2025 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

November 1, 2025 - Animal Farm by George Orwell

December 6, 2025 - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group

Attention all cookbook lovers! We invite you to join our book group: Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks. Each month (except July & August) we will choose a cookbook. You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we meet to sample the recipes and talk about the chosen cookbook and your cooking experience! A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Copies of the cookbook will be available at the Library about 1 month ahead of the meeting date. To sign up for each month, please contact Lorna Dzialo @ 508-945-5170 or ldzialo@clamsnet.org. Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

2025

June 3, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Magnolia Table V.3 by Joanna Gaines

September 9, 2025 @ 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm - What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking by Caroline Chambers

October 7, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Does This Taste Funny? by Stephen Colbert

November 4, 2025 @ 5:15-6:30 pm - Indulge: delicious and decadent dishes to enjoy and share by Valerie Bertinelli

Chatham Great Books Discussion Group

This discussion group is for people who want to talk about outstanding writings in history, literature, philosophy, politics, science, theology, and other disciplines.

Great Books discussion groups use an approach to discussion called Shared Inquiry, which follows a few simple guidelines designed to make a discussion more rewarding by keeping the group’s attention focused firmly on the text and its interpretation.

The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of the Month from 3:30-5:00 pm throughout the year.

For more information please contact facilitator Rick Pike at 508-221-3240 or fwchatham@yahoo.com

Any Book Club

Interested in joining a book club, but worried you won't like the books? Do you already have too many books you want to read? Join Eldredge Public Library's Any Book Club! Any Book Club is a book club where the members read any book that fits a monthly theme or category and each member will choose their own book for each month. Suggestions for each month will be curated for you in case you would like support in picking a book!

We will be using the Mass Center for the Book's 2025 Reading Challenge as our Any Book Club guide. During our meetings each member will have an opportunity to describe and recommend (or not!) the book they read. Feel free to attend even if you haven't read to theme - the more readers and books the better! Please email moderator Victoria Eldridge with any questions.

Meetings will take place on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 5:15-6:30. Registration is required each month. See you there!

September 18, 2025 - A book told in non-chronological order.

October 16, 2025 - A book published by a Massachusetts press

November 20, 2025 - A cookbook or book about food

December 18, 2025 - A book by an author you've already read

Literary Society

The Literary Society is a media mixer for young professionals of the Lower and Mid-Cape Community to talk about the books, TV shows, movies, and podcasts they are engaging with and to hear about what other patrons are enjoying. This drop-in group, co-sponsored by the Cape Cod Young Professionals, will gather on a quarterly basis. Light refreshments provided.

Meetings will take place on the 1st Thursday of month on a quarterly schedule from 5:00-6:30 pm. This is a drop-in program, no registration is required.

December 4, 2025
March 5, 2026
June 4, 2026
September 3, 2026

Would you like the library to help acquire books for your members? Please download our Book club Guidelines. We are happy to help! Is your book club looking for suggestions? Click here for a list of books previously chosen by various book clubs in Chatham.