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Books Calendar: June 16
01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
TUESDAY
1 p.m. at the Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd. (401) 423-7280. The Afternoon Book Discussion Group talks about Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
7 p.m. at the North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone St., (401) 294-3306, ext. 5. The Jane Austen Book Club will read Sanditon. Registration required.
WEDNESDAY
10 a.m. at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane. (401) 739-5440. Book Group II reads The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan.
7 p.m. at Books on the Square, 471 Angell St., Providence. (401) 331-9097. The Queer Book Club discusses Trash by Dorothy Allison.
THURSDAY
12:30 p.m. at the Weaver Branch Library, 41 Grove Ave., East Providence. (401) 435-1986. The Great Books Discussion Group will discuss Ion by Plato. Registration.
6:30 p.m. at the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power St., Providence. 331-8575, ext. 45. Gerald Carbone will talk about his research and the subsequent writing of his book Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution.
7 p.m. at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane. (401) 739-5440. The Evening Book Group discusses Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick.
7:30 p.m. at Books on the Square, 471 Angell St., Providence. (401) 331-9097. The Mystery Book Group meets to discuss Strong Enough to Die by Jon Land.
FRIDAY
Noon at the Kingston Free Library, 2605 Kingstown Rd. (401) 783-8254. Poems for Lunch meets. Participants may bring a bag lunch; coffee, cookies and the poem will be provided. Registration.
SATURDAY
7-8 a.m.on WHJJ 920AM. Reading with Robin with Vinny Paz. (866) 920-9455.
10 a.m.-noon at the Saylesville Friends Meetinghouse, 374 Great Rd., Lincoln. Book swap. No limit on how many you may bring or take.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the East Greenwich Free Library, 82 Peirce St. Used book sale.
Noon-2 p.m. at Books on the Square, 471 Angell St., Providence. (401) 331-9097. Meet Tommy Jon Caduto, author of Fight or Die: The Vinny Paz Story. Vinny Pazienza will attend.
MONDAY
6:30 p.m. at the Cross’ Mills’ Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. (401) 364-6211. The Evening Discussion Group talks about Veronica by Mary Gaitskill.
TUESDAY
6:30 p.m. at the Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. (401) 364-6211. The Reading Explorers Book Group, for ages 9-12, discusses Flush by Carl Hiaasen. Pizza will be served. Registration.
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