For Adults

Adult programming and groups

For more information about Adult Programming and/or Groups please contact
Krista at [email protected]  or 613-394-3381 ext. 3325

Click the link below to view all our upcoming programs. Click a program title to register for that particular event.

January – April 2025 Programs

read The Classics Book Club

Delve into the timeless works of renowned authors!

Join us for an enriching journey through literary history at the Read the Classics Book Club, hosted at the Trenton Branch every last Thursday of the month at 6:00pm (excluding July, August, and December). Immerse yourself in the timeless treasures of literature as we explore the works of renowned authors and delve into the depths of classic novels.

Our book club provides a welcoming space for avid readers and literary enthusiasts to come together and discuss iconic literary masterpieces. Whether you’re passionate about Victorian novels, intrigued by the existential ponderings of the modernist era, or captivated by the timeless wisdom of ancient texts, there’s something for everyone to discover and appreciate.

Each month, we select a new classic novel to explore, ranging from beloved favorites to hidden gems waiting to be uncovered. From Austen to Dickens, Tolstoy to Woolf, our diverse selection ensures a rich and varied reading experience that will spark stimulating conversations and insights.

Books may be picked up at the Welcome Desk at the Trenton Branch. 

January 2025: Meet and Greet Party!

February 2025: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

March 2025: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

April 2025: Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

May 2025: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

read 2025

Read 2025 
A year-long reading challenge for adults!

We have two ways for you to engage with reading in 2025!
1.  Read 20 minutes every day and track your progress on the sheet. If you miss days, no worries. It still counts.
2. Track the books you read on the back.
You are welcome to do both methods.

You will receive a ballot for each method tracked.

Pick a challenge sheet to print using the links below (Or visit the library to pick up a printed sheet):

Bring your sheet in after every 4 months – April, August and December. A prize will be drawn May 13, 2025, September 16, 2025 and January 13, 2026. No registration required. Adult reading challenge but teens ages 13 and above may also participate. 

Short Story Magazine

Library members contributed to our first ever short story magazine.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.

There is a paper copy of the Short Story Magazine located in our magazine area or you can read the digital copy here: 

2023 Short Story Magazine
2022 Short Story Magazine 

Socrates

Join the Socrates group to discuss a topic in the Socratic method of cooperative critical thinking dialogue. The group currently meets in the Activity Room at the Trenton Branch of the Quinte West Public Library on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. 

Book Club - reading with friends

The Reading with Friends Book Club meets the first Friday of the month September through June at 10:00 am.  Books are available at our main desk at the beginning of the month.
For more information contact our Adult Services Librarian, Krista 613-394-3381 ext 3325 

book club reading list for 2024 - 2025

Books we love

Members’ Recommendations: 

Sharing books we think others might enjoy.

The woman they could not silence book cover
The Woman They Could Not Silence          By:  Kate Moore

“1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth’s intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her…
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The Other Einstein          By:  Marie Benedict
The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein’s enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein’s wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight. 
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Turbulence          By:  David Szalay

In this wondrous, profoundly moving novel, Szalay’s diverse protagonists circumnavigate the planet in twelve flights, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers or estranged siblings, aging parents, baby grandchildren, or nobody at all. Along the way, they experience the full range of human emotions from loneliness to love and, knowingly or otherwise, change each other in one brief, electrifying interaction after the next.
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Tuscan Daughter          By:  Lisa Rochon
In Renaissance Florence, a young artist searching for her missing mother is discovered by arch-rivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci   In Tuscany during the early 1500s, Beatrice, a peasant girl, finds herself alone in the countryside after her father is killed and her mother disappears into the walled city of Florence. Barefoot and defiant, Beatrice enters the city to sell her family’s olive oil to the artists who toil to create masterworks that will elevate the status of the republic.


 

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The Lions of Fifth Avenue          By:  Fiona Davis
“It’s 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn’t ask for more out of life–her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open.