Books, Writing & Poetry Programs
for the Next 30 Days

• Book Discussion Group: White Salmon

  "Read the Book, Meet the Author" will meet on selected Saturdays, September through November.
  Author Kim Antieau will be joining us for the discussion of her book, Church of the Old Mermaids.
  Saturday, November 21 at 1 pm
  White Salmon Valley Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: White Salmon

  Author Kim Antieau will be joining us for the discussion of her book, Church of the Old Mermaids.
  Saturday, November 21 at 1 pm
  White Salmon Valley Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Battle Ground

  Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Join us for a casual and friendly discussion of books. New participants welcome.
  Tuesday, November 24 at 10:30 am
  Battle Ground Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Vancouver

  What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
  Tuesday, November 24 at 6:30 pm
  Vancouver Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Stevenson

  "Northwest Narratives" will discuss Follow the River by Jerry McGee
  Tuesday, November 24 at 7 pm
  Stevenson Community Library

• Drop In Knitting / Book Discussion

  Combine your two favorite activities -- knitting and discussing books! Join us to knit only, read only or both! The Doctor's Daughter by Hilma Wolitzer will be discussed at our November 10 gathering. Books now available at the library's front desk.
  Tuesdays in November from 5:30-7 pm
  White Salmon Valley Community Library

• Tween Book Discussion

  Call the library for program information.
  Monday, November 30 at 3:30 pm
  La Center Community Library

• Drop In Knitting / Book Discussion

  Combine your two favorite activities -- knitting and discussing books! Join us to knit only, read only or both! The Doctor's Daughter by Hilma Wolitzer will be discussed at our November 10 gathering. Books now available at the library's front desk.
  Tuesdays in November from 5:30-7 pm
  White Salmon Valley Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Three Creeks

  The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez
  Tuesday, December 1 at 7 pm
  Three Creeks Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Washougal

  Bleak House (pages 300-600) by Charles Dickens
  Wednesday, December 2 at 4 pm
  Washougal Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Woodland

  "Good Evening Reads" will discuss Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire by Murry A. Taylor
  Wednesday, December 2 at 7 pm
  Woodland Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: La Center

  Consumption by Kevin Patterson
  Thursday, December 3 at 10 am
  La Center Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Three Creeks

  Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. New participants welcome.
  Thursday, December 3 at 1 pm
  Three Creeks Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Battle Ground

  The White Cascade by Gary Krist
  Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 pm
  Battle Ground Community Library

• Poets' Workshop

  Rivkah Loewus will lead this monthly workshop, which will include writing and reading of poems.
  Thursday, December 3 from 6-7:45 pm
  Vancouver Community Library

• Teen Book Gab

  The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
  Friday, December 4 at 4 pm
  Woodland Community Center (next door to the library)

• Book Discussion Group: Goldendale

  This month: Seasonal readings contributed by our readers.
  Tuesday, December 8 at 11 am
  Goldendale Community Library

• Parent Child Book Discussion (ages 9-12)

  Coraline by Neil Gaiman. Books available at the library.
  Tuesday, December 8 at 4:30 pm
  Washougal Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Goldendale

  This month: Seasonal readings contributed by our readers.
  Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30 pm
  Goldendale Community Library

• Teens Read (ages 12-19)

  Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
  Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30 pm
  Vancouver Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Cascade Park

  Jessie: The Story of a Genteel Lady in Frontier Alaska by Betty Wyatt. Join us for a casual and friendly discussion of books.
  Wednesday, December 9 at 10 am
  Cascade Inn Retirement Center (11613 SE 7th St., Vancouver)

• Teen Book Talk! (ages 12-19)

  Peeps by Scott Westerfield
  Wednesday, December 9 at 3 pm
  Goldendale Community Library

• "Extreme Reads" Book Discussion Group: Vancouver

  1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
  Wednesday, December 9 at 6:30 pm
  Vancouver Community Library (Library Hall)

• Discussion Junction (ages 9-12 years with accompanying adult)

  Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath. No older or younger children siblings, please.
  Each month a free copy of the next month's "book of the month" will be given to those attending to keep.
  Thursday, December 10 from 6:30-7:45 pm
  Vancouver Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: La Center

  Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish
  Tuesday, December 15 at 6 pm
  La Center Community Library

• Teen Book Club

  Born Blue by Han Nolan
  Tuesday, December 15 at 6 pm
  Three Creeks Community Library

• Book Discussion Group: Vancouver Mall

  Hole in the Sky: A Memoir by William Kittredge.
  Join us for a casual and friendly discussion of books. New participants welcome!
  Tuesday, December 15 at 7 pm
  Van Mall Retirement Center (7808 NE 51st St.)

• Book Discussion Group: Woodland

  Burning Fence: A Western Memoir of Fatherhood by Craig Lesley. New participants welcome.
  Wednesday, December 16 at 10 am
  Woodland Community Library

• Tween Book Group

  City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau. Parents always welcome.
  Wednesday, December 16 at 2 pm
  Stevenson Community Library

• Teen Book Discussion

  Tired of vampires? Let's switch to werewolves and read Blood and Chocolate by Annette Klaus.
  Thursday, December 17 at 4 pm
  Washougal Community Library