Readers Corner

Walter E. Olson Memorial Library

Readers' Retreat

Olson Library Book Club: Meets 1st Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the library. December -- No meeting

Authors On The Web: Learn more about today's authors than the bios on their book flaps could ever tell you. This site has it all - author profiles, news, media appearances, and what's happening on some of your favorite author websites.Book.

Book Group List: Suggests books and then discusses them over a two-week period. Previous discussions are archived.

BookTV: C-SPAN2 devotes its entire weekends to programs on new books, children's books, publishing information, and author interviews. Schedule for each weekend can be found at this site.

Booknotes: Features book talking on C-Span Book's Message Boards and access to Booknotes programs.

Bookreporter: For reviews and excerpts of today's best books, interviews with your favorite writers, profiles of talented debut authors, editorial perspectives, contests, interactive features and more.

HarperCollins Reader Resources: Reading guides with discussion topics and author information.

Oprah's Book Club: Join one of the most talked about book clubs.

Reading Group Guides: Here you'll find everything you need to make your reading group better than ever---learn how to plan meetings, choose books to read, and run discussions smoothly. See what others groups are reading, browse through more than 665 discussion guides to find books in the categories and subjects your group likes best.

Vintage Books Reading Group Guide: Sponsored by Random House, includes book discussion titles with summaries and sample questions. Provides tips on starting a book group.

Library of Congress Historical Information: Profiles of books on American politics, art, culture, architecture, etc.

Project Gutenberg: 17,000 ebooks for download -- all free

Arts & Letters Daily: Links to some of the most fascinating articles on new books, essays and opinions.

Bookchoices.com: Good source for finding books.

Audiobooks in Public Domain: A collection of public-domain books read by volunteers -- all free

Last Updated 9/11/2007