Menlo Park Library
Upcoming Virtual Literary Events
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MELANATED READS: MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER Monday, August 2 6:30-8:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7497& Oyinkan Braithwaite's "short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. |
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BOOK DISCUSSION: FICCIONES Tuesday, August 10 7:15-8:30 p.m. The Menlo Park Library Fictioon Book Group will discuss Argentine writer/poet Jorge Luis Borges’s collection of short stories, named by Le Monde as one of the 100 books of the (20th) Century. |
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STORY TIME FOR ADULTS Friday, August 13 Noon-12:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7530&month=8&year=2021&day=13&calType=0 "Odd Fridays" at noon this August: take a break, as Menlo Park librarians read aloud from selected essays and short stories.
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MYSTERY READERS: FAMOUS HISTORICAL PEOPLE AS DETECTIVES Wednesday, August 18 3-4:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7481&month=8&year=2021&day=15&calType=0 Teddy Roosevelt helps find a serial killer! Dorothy Parker finds a body under the Algonquin Round Table! The Menlo Park Library Mystery Readers Group will discuss historical fiction books featuring real people as characters. |
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BOOK DISCUSSION: THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE Monday, August 23 7:15-8:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7533&month=8&year=2021&day=15&calType=0 The Menlo Park Library Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Group will discuss Nghi Vo’s high-fantasy debut novella, which combines myth and fable with political intrigue in a land inspired by imperial China.
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AUTHOR EVENT: Thursday, August 26 6:30-7:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7555&month=8&year=2021&day=15&calType=0 In this special event for gardeners and cooks, learn how to grow and enjoy a wide variety of Asian vegetables with gardener, home cook, and author Wendy Kiang-Spray. |
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STORY TIME FOR ADULTS Friday, August 27 Noon-12:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7531&month=8&year=2021&day=27&calType=0 "Odd Fridays" at noon this August: take a break, as Menlo Park librarians read aloud from selected essays and short stories. |
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BOOK-ISH TRIVIA Friday, August 27 7-8:30 p.m. https://www.menlopark.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=7479& We're celebrating the end of our Adult Summer Reading Adventure with an evening of book-related trivia! Have fun answering questions about books, movies, music and more.
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