Greetings Jaygee:
I have located a lenghty list of book discussion groups offered
through the Queens Borough Library branches site. At
http://www.queenslibrary.org/books/reading_groups.asp, are listed the
following:
Auburndale 22-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Phone: (718) 352-2027
Monthly: Saturdays, 2pm (irregular)
Bellerose 250-06 Hillside Avenue
Bellerose, NY 11426
Phone: (718) 831-8644
Monthly: 3rd Thursday 10-11:30 a.m
Briarwood 85-12 Main St.
Briarwood, NY 11435
Phone: (718) 658-1680
Every Six Wks on Friday afternoons at 2pm
Broad Channel 16-26 Cross Bay Boulevard
Broad Channel, NY 11693
Phone: (718) 318-4943
Monthly: Wednesdays 1pm every 5-6 weeks
Court Square 25-01 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 937-2790
Monthly: 1st Monday at 5pm but may vary
Elmhurst 86-01 Broadway
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Phone: (718) 271-1020
Monthly: last Monday 6:00 p.m.
Flushing 41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
Phone: (718) 661-1200
Monthly: 1st Friday 1:00 p.m.
Forest Hills 108-19 71st Avenue
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 268-7934
Irregular (every 6 weeks)
Fresh Meadows 193-20 Horace Harding Exp.
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 454-7272
Monthly: last Thursday
Glendale 78-60 73rd Place
Glendale, NY 11385
Phone: (718) 821-4980
Monthly: 3rd Thursday
Hillcrest 187-05 Union Turnpike
Flushing, NY 11366
Phone: (718) 454-2786
Monthly: 1st Tuesday, 2pm
Howard Beach 92-06 156 Avenue
Howard Beach, NY 11414
Phone: (718) 641-7086
Monthly: 1st Thursday, 7 pm
Kew Gardens Hills 72-33 Vleigh Place
Flushing, NY 11367
Phone: (718) 261-6654
Monthly: 2nd Wednesday, 1:00pm unless Holiday, then scheduled
following week
Lefferts 103-34 Lefferts Blvd.
Richmond Hill, NY 11419
Phone: (718) 843-5950 Mystery Bk Discussion
2nd Tuesdays, 2pm
Maspeth 69-70 Grand Avenue
Maspeth, NY 11378
Phone: (718) 639-5228
Monthly: 2nd Thursday, 7pm
North Forest Park 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 261-5512
Monthly: 1st Monday, 3pm
Ozone Park 92-24 Rockaway Boulevard
Ozone Park, New York 11417
Phone: (718) 845-3127
Monthly: 2nd or 3rd Saturday at 10:00AM.
Ravenswood 35-32 21 Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone: (718) 784-2112
Monthly: 3rd Thursday
Ridgewood 20-12 Madison Street
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Phone: (718) 821-4770
Monthly: 3rd Wednesday 6pm
St. Albans 191-05 Linden Boulevard
St. Albans, NY 11412
Phone: (718) 528-8196
Monthly: 3rd Monday at 7pm 4th Monday at 11am
Seaside 116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Rockaway Park, NY 11694
Phone: (718) 634-1876
Fax: (718) 634-8711
Irregular (monthly)
Whitestone 51-10 14th Road
Whitestone, NY 11357
Phone: (718) 767-8010
Monthly: 2nd Tuesday, 1:30 pm
You may want to phone the branches for more information on the genre
discussed in each group. Also, each branch name is a live link to an
information page on each branch where directions for bus, train and
auto travel are provided.
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For Manhattan, I located a list from the jewish Community Center (JCC)
of their book discussion and literary groups. Located at
http://www.mayan.org/category_cal.asp?c=1000, some of the listings
are:
Monday , March 24 7:30 PM
Literary > Book Clubs
Stranger Than Fiction, Nonfiction Book Club
Sunday, March 30 2:00 PM
Literary > Book Clubs
Poetry Book Club
Wednesday, April 2 8:00 PM
Literary > Booked: A Series of Lively Literary Conversations
From Russia With Love & Squalor: Gary Shteyngart and Paul Greenberg
Monday, April 7 7:30 PM
Literary > Book Clubs
Strictly Fiction Book Club
Sunday, April 13 2:00 PM
Literary > Book Clubs
Poetry Book Club
Monday, April 14 7:30 PM
Literary > Book Clubs
Stranger Than Fiction, Nonfiction Book Club
On each listing on the site, the name of the book club is an active
URL that leads to a description of each club, where it meets and what
book is featured for discussion. By attending a club meeting, you
will be able to network for the location of non-advertised grooups and
those who do not post their information on the Internet. Contact
info for their organization is
Jewish Community Center In Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave. @ 76th St.
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 646.505.4444
Fax: 212.799.0254
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Another great link for groups is from the search page for Manhattan
branch of the NY Public Library at
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/events/SearchForm.cfm?start=1. A
search of "Manhattan" and "Books and Poetry" in their internal search
engine revealed the following listings:
3/25/03 - 6:00 PM
Bloomingdale Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss The Living is Easy, by Dorothy
West.
3/27/03 - 4:30 PM
Jefferson Market Branch
adults Group will assemble to dicuss American Pastoral, by Philip
Roth.
3/31/03 - 6:00 PM
St. Agnes Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra
Goodman.
4/14/03 - 7:00 PM
Inwood Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss Winesburg Ohio, by Sherwood
Anderson.
4/15/03 - 6:30 PM
67th Street Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss Jacob's Room, by Virginia
Woolf.
4/16/03 - 6:00 PM
Countee Cullen Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss The Fisher King, by Paule
Marshall.
Preregistration is required.
4/24/03 - 4:30 PM
Jefferson Market Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee.
4/28/03 - 6:00 PM
St. Agnes Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss The Map of Love, by Ahdaf
Soueif.
4/29/03 - 6:00 PM
Bloomingdale Branch
adults Group will assemble to discuss Native Speaker, by Chang-Rae
Lee.
Also see the general group listings are located at
http://www.nypl.org/branch/adult/bookdisc.htm#morn
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I'd bookmark the calendar pages and continue to check there for a
clubs of interest. You are fortunate that there are so many groups in
your area and I wish there were more in my neck of the woods. :)
Should you require clarification of any of the information or links I
have provided, please request it and I will be happy to respond.
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