Book Club for Writers
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How does the Book Club for Writers differ from other book clubs? For starters, the group doesn’t so much discuss the book as dissect it. Members want to discover what it is about the writing itself that makes the book work or, in some cases, not work. Also, we consider how we can “borrow” the author’s techniques for our own writing. Disagreements abound and are always part of the fun of a good discussion.
Four details to know about book club:
Writing Questions for Discussion We want our discussions to be on writing issues (an unusual structure, perhaps the use of quirky characters, choice of point of view, use of short chapters, dialogue that is fantastic.) Think of potential questions as "Why did the writer…"questions. Why did the writer choose to tell this story from the perspective of a male narrator? Why did the writer have so many characters (was it too many?) |
The Writers’ Book Club A writer is a reader moved to emulation If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write 
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Next Book Club
Nov 25 (Fourth Tue) 4:30 p.m. Reasons to Live, Amy Hempel Host: Ginny Daly Sign Up to Attend We use SignUpGenius to register attendees. Please click on the link below. Click here to sign up for November book club. Hosting Book Club If you are interested in hosting a book club in your home, community center, or other space, please contact Maribeth at [email protected] Scheduled Book Club Events December Book Club does not meet 2026 January The Doorman, Chris Pavone March The Names, Florence Knapp April Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life, Abigail Thomas May Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf June The Hours, Michael Cunningham Host: Renay Regardie July The Correspondent, Virginia Evans August The Stuff of Dreams, Leah Hager Cohen September The Heart in Winter, Kevin BArry October Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason |
2025 Books Just Kids, Patti Smith Discussion Questions for Just Kids Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison Discussion Questions for Bastard Out of Carolina James, Percival Everett Discussion Questions for James Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino Discussion Questions for Invisible Cities We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker Discussion Questions for We Begin at the End The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini Discussion Questions for The Kite Runner The Anthropologists, Aysegül Savas Discussion Questions for The Anthropologists The Ploughman, Kim Zupan Discussion Questions for The Ploughman The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon Discussion Questions for The Frozen River I See You've Called in Dead, John Kenney Discussion Questions for I See You've Called in Dead |
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