PageTurners

PageTurners is a book discussion group composed of Olympia Library card holders that meets on the third Friday of the month September thru June. There are 15 or so of us and Cheryl Heywood, the Director of the Olympia Library, serves as moderator. All are welcome!

The books are selected by the PageTurners members each year in June. Our major focus is on reading the works of contemporary foreign authors, both fiction and non-fiction. The discussions are always vigorous, illuminating and a great deal of fun!

The Friends of the Olympia Library purchases five copies of each book that we’ve chosen. After the PageTurners read a book, all of the copies are donated to the Library for its circulating collection.

PageTurners 2010-2011 Book Selections
Fridays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the meeting room

September 17
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

October 15
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

November 19
Little Bee by Chris Cleave

December 17
The Stranger by Albert Camus

January 21, 2011
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls

February 18
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

March 18
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam by Lesley Hazleton

April 22
Wanting by Richard Flanagan

May 20
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo

June 17
Select books for next year