Feature book clubs
Pride book club
This Pride Book Club is a collaboration between Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga Public Libraries. It is a great way to meet readers from all three communities and talk about books you may not have discovered on your own.
All are welcome to join us for this virtual book club featuring titles written by 2SLGBTQ+ (2 spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) authors.
This virtual book club takes place on the second Thursday of every month.
December: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (Thursday, December 14, 7– 8:30 p.m.)
January: Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell (Thursday, January 11, 7– 8:30 p.m.)
February: All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (Thursday, February 8, 7– 8:30 p.m.)
March: Dandelion Daughter by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay (Thursday, March 14, 7– 8:30 p.m.)
- Accessible formats are available here. To learn more about registering for CELA, please see our Accessible collections.
PAMA: Connections Art + Book club
Literature and visual arts connect in this distinctive book club. Join Brampton Library and Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives (PAMA) for a discussion of the 2018 Canada Reads winning book Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, which tells the story of the Japanese-Canadian experience since Pearl Harbor. The book discussion will be paired with a tour of The Suitcase Project exhibit which features over 80 fourth and fifth generation Japanese Canadians and Americans who reflect on what they would pack, if forcibly removed from their homes today. Registration required.*
March: Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto (Thursday, March 7, 7 – 8:30 p.m.)
Ongoing book clubs
Planning your next book club? The Off-the-Shelf (OTS) collection includes book sets that each contain up to 10 copies of one title in a library tote bag. The OTS collection includes 14 adult and young adult fiction and nonfiction titles.
We now offer a Kids-Off-the-Shelf (KOTS) collection, too! These sets each contain 20 copies of one children’s title in a library tote bag. The collection includes eight children’s fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and early reader titles.
Up for Discussion book club
These popular virtual and in-person programs fill up very quickly and appeal to a variety of interests. Read along with us and ask staff about opportunities to join.
In person at Cyril Clark branch
January: Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (Monday, January 8, 2 – 3:30 p.m.)
February: Word Problems by Ian Williams (Monday, February 5, 2 – 3:30 p.m.)
March: Time Shelter : A Novel by Georgi Gospodinov (Monday, March 4, 2 – 3:30 p.m.)
In person at Chinguacousy branch
December: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Thursday, December 7, 10 – 11:30 a.m)
January: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (Thursday, January 4, 10-11:30 a.m.)
February: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (Thursday, February 1, 10-11:30 a.m.)
March: Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley (Thursday, March 7, 10-11:30 a.m)
In person at Four Corners branch
December: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (Wednesday, December 20, 2-4 p.m.)
January: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Wednesday, January 17 2-4 p.m.)
February: Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr (Wednesday, February 21, 2-4 p.m.)
March: Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (Wednesday, March 20, 2-4 p.m.)
In person at South Fletcher's branch
December: Violeta by Isabel Allende (Friday, December 8, 2 - 3:30 p.m.)
January: Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr (Friday, January 12, 2 - 3:30 p.m.)
February: Story of Us by Catherines Hernandez (Friday, February 9, 2 - 3:30 p.m.)
March: Word Problems by Ian Williams (Friday, March 8, 2 - 3:30 p.m.)