PFL Book Group In-Person
The Patten Free Library Book Group meets on the last Wednesday (unless noted) of each month at 3pm in the Board Room to discuss a paired reading of fiction and nonfiction books on topical themes.
Dates and Titles for Spring '25:
February 26
Fiction: North Woods by Daniel Mason
Nonfiction: Reading the Forested Landscape: A natural history of New England by Tom Wessels
Theme: New England natural history
March 26
Fiction: AEdnan: An Epic by Linnea Axelsson (a novel in verse)
Nonfiction: Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine’s Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s by Bunny McBride and Harald Prins.
Theme: Indigenous peoples: Sami, Abenaki
April 30
Fiction: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Nonfiction: A Great Disorder by Richard Slotkin
Theme: American mythology
May 28
Fiction: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Nonfiction: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Theme: The Oxford English Dictionary
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Board Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Discussion Group