BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Revolving Books – Note deadline to join and list below.
Bookenders 2, Canadian Book Discussion and Flashlight Worthy Books have updated their 2026-2027 List.
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Revolving Books
The deadline to participate this year is Sat. September 12th.
This group offers Club members the opportunity to read for pleasure (while holding a real book). For approximately $40 you read a book a month during the Club year and you get to keep the final book. There are no meetings, only the obligation to pass the book to the next reader on a set date.The committee selects the books and endeavors to provide something for everyone using these guidelines: current books published within the year, a variety of genres, time frames and topics, half fiction and half non-fiction and, whenever possible, a biography and a mystery. Don’t forget, you get to keep the last book on your rotation list!
Titles are detailed below and are included in the Fall newsletter. You can link to A Novel Spot for detailed descriptions of the books.
Questions? Contact:
Ann McElhinney
Cathy Sbrolla
Nancy Bailey
Revolving Books 2026-2027
Non Fiction
- The Table Where We Meet – Jess Janz
- Women Who Ruled the World – Elizabeth Norton
- The First Lady Next Door – Eliza Reid
- London Falling – Patrick Radden Keefe
Fiction
- Good People – Patmeena Sabit
- The Last Mandarin -Louise Penny & Mellissa Fung
- Saoirse – Charleen Hurtubise
- Whistler – Ann Patchett
- Some People – Parina Shroff
Mystery
- The Bookbinder’s Secret – A.D. Bell
Book Club Discussion Groups
There are eight discussion groups that meet afternoons and evenings. The books, discussion leaders, and monthly hostesses are chosen in June for the following year. Books chosen include fiction and non-fiction, both Canadian and from other countries. Lists of the books selected for the current year are available from the Convenors.
Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion
We meet on the fourth Tuesday afternoon at 1 pm from September to November, then again from January to May. We meet at member’s homes.
At the May meeting we select the following seasons books. Each of our members brings their suggestions. We vote on which book we would like, and would ask for a member to agree to host the meeting.
Each month we typically have a discussion leader (the member who suggested the book). Occasionally, we will have a general discussion with someone agreeing to give an overview of the book, and someone else looking up some discussion questions.
Please contact Marie Scarfo.
2024 – 2025 Books
- A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Trust by Herman Diaz
- All the beauty in the world by Patrick Bringly
- Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallan
- The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
- Medicine walk by Richard Wagamese
- The Women by Kristin Hannah
Bookenders 1
Our group members have an eclectic taste, choosing both fiction and non fiction books. Meetings run September to May, omitting December. We meet in person at Fairfield on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm but, in Jan and Feb, we will meet on Zoom. A member of the group volunteers to be the discussion leader each month. In June we decide on the books we want to read and discuss for the next season and have a social meeting in June to finalize our book selections.
Please contact Elaine McKeown if you might be interested in joining our group.
In June we meet to discuss book selections for the following year and we have a social get together in December.
Books for 2025-26 are:
- September 16 – Playground by Richard Powers.
- October 21 – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.
- November 18 – Denison Avenue by Christina Wong.
- January 20 – ZOOM – Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
- February 17 – ZOOM – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See.
- March 17 – Anxious People by Fredrick Bachman.
- April 21 – Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- – Foster by Claire Keegan
- May 19 – James by Percival Everett
Bookenders 2
A lively group of intelligent women, gifted with wit and charm, meet for approximately an hour and a half to discuss selected books. Meetings are held in members’ homes on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
We have a social gathering in December and a planning potluck in June, where members propose titles and a reading list is set for the coming year.
Please contact Anita De Angelis or Jean Passi to learn more.
In 2026-27, we will be reading:
- September 8 – This is how it always is by Laurie Frankel
- October 13 – Keeper of Lost Children by Sedeqa Johnson
- November 10 – A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- January 12 – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
- February 9 – H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
- March 9 – What I Know About You by Éric Chacour
- April 13 – The Knowing by Tanya Talaga
- May 11 – The Christie Affair: A Novel by Nina de Gramont
Book Worms
Are you interested in reading world class books? We read fiction and non-fiction by authors from the Americas, Europe and Asia. Books are selected because they either contain discussion-worthy topics (political, social, racial, religious or environmental issues) or provide us exposure to something new/different – as in a “food for thought” experience. Because each group member reads a wide variety of books, our group reads books that vary in style and tone. We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Please contact Judy McCormack.
Canadian Book Discussion
The number of excellent Canadian writers just keeps growing and we thoroughly enjoy discovering the worlds they create for us. You are most welcome to join us for friendly and lively discussions. We meet the first Thursday of the month at 1:30 pm.
Please contact Sharon Court.
2026 – 2027 Books
- Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
- I’ve got a home in Glory Land- Carolyn Smardz Frost
- Cherry Beach by Don Gillmor
- How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
- The First Lady Next Door by Eliza Reid.
Flashlight Worthy Books
Did you huddle beneath your blankets as a child with a flashlight reading a book you simply could not put down? If yes, this book club interest group is for you. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month in the evening for a lively discussion of books from all literary genres—fiction, non-fiction, history, biography, and more. We meet in Fairfield.
Please contact Suzanne Wade.
2026 – 2027 Books
Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olsen
The Paper Birds by Jeanette Lynes
Run Like a Girl by Catherine McKenna
Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Crisis of Canadian Democracy by Andrew Coyne
The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy
Horizon Book Discussion Group
We read books in all categories and our choices are made in June for the following year. We meet at the Fairfield library on the first Tuesday of the month at 3:00 pm.
Please contact Ann McElhinney.
2025 – 2026 Books
TBD
Novels+
Our group meets eight times a year – from October to December and February to June. Next year’s books are chosen in June. The meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month, from 1:30 to 3:30.
Since Covid we have so far continued to meet via Zoom, but this decision is always up for review. There are no rules about the kinds of books we choose, although we do tend to favour novels and we try to select books that are available from the library without excessively long waits.Normally, the rather informal discussion is started by the person who suggested the book and is then joined by the rest of the group.
Please contact Mac King.
Books for 2025-2026
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
The Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Siege by Helen Dunmore
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook
Another book not yet chosen
Who Dunnit Book Club
If you love a good mystery novel and lively conversation with limited time commitment, this is the book club for you. We meet the first Monday of October, December, February, April and June from 1 pm to 2:30 pm in the lounge at Fairfield.
One of the group leads a short, unstructured conversation about our current novel and then we open up the discussion to include other mystery novels, movies, TV shows we have enjoyed.
To join this fun and interesting group please contact Anne Watkinson awatkinson22@gmail.com