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Spoilers Book Club: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

The Spoilers Book Club reads books that have been turned into movies. We read the book and get together to watch the film. We compare the two and discuss what we did and didn't like. "Cyrano" 2021 PG-13 2h 3m Regarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, Cyrano de Bergerac is the story of the silver-tongued […]

Teen Poetry Reading

Coronado Library Winn Room 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA, United States

Local teen author, Jamie Piearcy, shares poems from her latest book, Visions of You and Me. After her reading, participants will have the chance to ask questions about the poems or her writing process. Teens are welcome to share poems of their own with the group as well! Refreshments provided. Copies of her book will be […]

San Diego Memoir Writers Association Local Author Signing Event

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

Eight local authors - Laura L. Engel, Madonna Treadway, Lindsey Salatka, Suzanne Spector, Nancy Johnson, Janet Hafner, Leslie Ferguson, and Anastasia Zadeik - will be on hand to read from, sign and sell their books and chat about memoir writing at this open meeting of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association. Event includes refreshments, raffles […]

Biography & Memoir Book Club: “Yes, Chef”

Ruby Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

For August, the biography and memoir book club will be reading and discussing the book, Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers. Yes, Chef chronicles Marcus Samuelsson’s journey, from his Swedish grandmother’s kitchen to his arrival in New York City, where his outsize talent and ambition finally come together at Aquavit, earning him a New York Times […]

Barrio Logan Literacy Festival

Barrio Logan College Institute 2114 National Avenue, San Diego, CA, United States

This exciting new event will place new books in the hands of the community's kindergarten through eighth-grade students just in time for the new school year! Families in the San […]

Free

Mystery Book Club: “The Moonstone” by Wilkie Collins

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

The Coronado Public Library's Mystery Book club will meet regularly on the third* Monday of each month. Receive reminder emails about our meeting by registering here. Registration is not required. *This month, August, we will be meeting on the 4th Monday of the month.* We will be discussing The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Check out the book […]

“WARBOATS, 55 Years of Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft History” Presentation

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

A special presentation on the book WARBOATS, 55 Years of Naval Special Warfare and a book signing by the authors Phil Garn and James Gray. WARBOATS, 55 Years of Naval Special Warfare Combatant History by Boat Unit veterans James Gray and Phil Garn is the first book about “The Silent Ones,” now known as Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen […]

Spoilers Book Club: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

Spoilers Book Club The Spoilers Book Club reads books that have been made into movies. We read the book and get together to watch the film. We compare the two and discuss what we did and didn't like. Event Details Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates […]

Author Elena Armas in Conversation with Author Lauren Billings

Coronado Library Winn Room 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA, United States

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, welcomes Elena Armas, author of The American Roommate Experience, in conversation with Lauren Billings, who co-writes young-adult and adult novels with a friend […]