Book Talks Book Club
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Wed Jan 28th, 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: 6:15 - 7:45 pm
Jan 28, 2026: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live? Upcoming dates: Feb 25th: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See March 25th: The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon April 22nd: The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide May 27th: The Knowing by Tanya Talaga June 24th: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen July 22nd: Crowd Source By Cecily Nicholson 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: Britannia Library Meeting Room. 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
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Wed Feb 25, 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: 6:15 - 7:45 pm
Feb 25, 2026: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See "According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. ..... A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today."- Amazon,ca Upcoming dates: 2026: March 25th: The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon April 22nd: The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide May 27th: The Knowing by Tanya Talaga June 24th: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen July 22nd: Crowd Source By Cecily Nicholson 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: Britannia Library Meeting Room. 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
