Book Talks Book Club
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Wed July 22, 2026
Pandora’s Collective and Britannia Library Present BOOK TALKS - BOOK CLUB Join the conversation about the book. Bring your favourite passages, points of interest, and share your reading experiences. Each person is responsible for either borrowing or buying their own copy to read. 4th Wed of every month (except Dec). 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
July 22nd: Crowd Source By Cecily Nicholson "Crowd Source parallels the daily migration of crows who, aside from fledgling season, journey across metro Vancouver every day at dawn and dusk. Continuing Nicholson's attention to contemporary climate crisis, social movements, and Black diasporic relations, this is a text for all concerned with practising ecological futurities befitting corvid sensibilities." - Amazon.ca Upcoming dates: Aug 26th: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Ellendea Proffer (Introduction), Diana Burgin (Translator), Katherine Tiernan O'Connor (Translator) Sept 23rd: A Drop in the Ocean by Lea Taranto Oct 28th: The Garden of Evening Mists: by Tan Twan Eng Nov 25th: Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong Dec: off for the holidays Jan 27th, 2027: Book Recommendation Night Feb 25th: Long Island by Colm Toibin March 25th: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn Hosts: Mary Duffy, Sita Carboni, Natasha Boskic Location: Kitsilano Library, Meeting Room, 2425 MacDonald Street, Vancouver, BC Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
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Wed Aug 26th, 2026
Pandora’s Collective Presents BOOK TALKS - BOOK CLUB Join the conversation about the book. Bring your favourite passages, points of interest, and share your reading experiences. Each person is responsible for either borrowing or buying their own copy to read. 4th Wed of every month (except Dec). 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Aug 26th: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin's time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love.In The Master and Margarita, the Devil himself pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. Accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, he sets about creating a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer known only as the Master, and even Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. The Master and Margarita combines fable, fantasy, political satire, and slapstick comedy to create a wildly entertaining and unforgettable tale that is commonly considered the greatest novel to come out of the Soviet Union. It appears in this edition in a translation by Mirra Ginsburg that was judged "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly." - Amazon.ca Upcoming dates: Sept 23rd: A Drop in the Ocean by Lea Taranto Oct 28th: The Garden of Evening Mists: by Tan Twan Eng Nov 25th: Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong Dec: off for the holidays Jan 27th, 2027: Book Recommendation Night Feb 25th: Long Island by Colm Toibin March 25th: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn Hosts: Mary Duffy, Sita Carboni, Natasha Boskic Location: Kitsilano Library, Meeting Room, 2425 MacDonald Street, Vancouver, BC Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
The selection of the books for discussion is created by the book club members. One month in a year of the Book Talks is dedicated to the book recommendations (up to 3 books per member). This list is later distributed for voting. Our next book recommendation month is January 27, 2027. Everyone is welcome. Just like the Book Talks conversations, pre-registration is not required.
