Austin Public Library - Faulk Central Library

The lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on March 17th to discuss Divisadero written by Michael Ondaatje. Join us in a thought-provoking conversation of this beautifully written novel about the links between past and present. New members ... (more)are welcome.

The lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on April 21st to discuss The Madonnas of Leningrad written by Debra Dean. This debut novelist has written a heart-rending tale about the power of memory sure to provoke an engaging discussion. ... (more)New members are welcome.

The lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on May 19th to discuss Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black written by Nadine Gordimer. A collection of poignant short stories about inescapable pasts and the grip of ancestry by one of South Africa’s ... (more)finest writers.

The lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on June 16th to discuss People of the Book written by Pulitzer prize winner Geraldine Brooks. Please join us in an intriguing conversation about this remarkable piece of historical fiction.

The Lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on July 21st to discuss Song Yet Sung written by bestselling author James McBride. This tale, set during the Civil War, of a young slave girl’s escape will captivate and entertain. Join us in ... (more)discussing this engaging piece of social commentary.

"Meet the Author Charlie Newton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 31 at the Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe St. for a discussion of his book Calumet City. A book signing will follow the presentation. This event is free and open to the public. For more information please call 512-974-7400"

The Evening Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM on August 4th to discuss Out Stealing Horses written by award-winning author Per Peterson. Please join us in a discussion of this spare, but beautiful novel about the power of the past.

The Lunchtime Downtown Book Club will be meeting at the Faulk Central Library between noon and 1PM on August 18th to discuss Unaccustomed Earth written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. This new short story collection about the Indian immigrant experience is a stunning addition ... (more)to this author’s already renowned repertoire. Join us!

Come join the Austin Public Library’s new Graphic Novels Book Club @ Halcyon Coffeehouse at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17. We will be discussing the acclaimed Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. In this simply but beautifully drawn novel Satrapi expressively recounts her childhood during the ... (more)Islamic Revolution. Please join us for coffee and a fantastic conversation!

The Austin Public Library’s new Graphic Novels Book Club @ Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15. We will be discussing Black Hole by Charles Burns. In this bizarre tale rich in metaphor, Burns’ precise and unnerving artwork lends itself to discussion. ... (more)Join us for great coffee and conversation!

The Austin Public Library’s new Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 19th to discuss Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot. This novel of the history of Sunderland, England and Lewis Carroll’s association with it captivates, while ... (more)the artwork takes you on a journey through time. Please join us for great coffee and conversation!

The Austin Public Library’s new Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, January 21st to discuss Blankets by Craig Thompson. Consistently ranked as one of the best graphic novels ever, this autobiographical book will take you on a journey from ... (more)Thompson’s childhood to his adulthood where he deals with an extremely religious family and the evolution of a relationship with his first love. Please join us for great coffee and conversation!

The Austin Public Library's new Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18th to discuss Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan. This fascinating story takes readers on a journey through Israeli life as it follows a young taxi driver, Koby, in his ... (more)search to figure out whether or not an unidentified victim of a suicide bombing is his father. Please join us for great coffee and conversation!

The Austin Public Library's new Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 25th to discuss Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. This memoir chronicles Bechdel’s life with a closeted gay father constantly overshadowing her coming of age as a woman ... (more)and lesbian. Please join us for great coffee and conversation!

The Austin Public Library's new Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15th to discuss Watchmen by Alan Moore. Have you seen the movie or read the book or both? Come out and talk about it with us. Anyone and everyone welcome.

The Austin Public Library's Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, May 20th to discuss Y: The Last Man, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan. If you've read all of the volumes or only the first volume, join us to discuss this addicting series ... (more)about the last man on Earth. New members welcome.

The Austin Public Library's Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, June 17th to discuss Maus by Art Spiegelman. Join us to discuss this amazing, Pulitzer Prize winning memoir about Spiegelman's father's struggles as a Polish Jew ... (more)during the Holocaust. New members welcome.

The Austin Public Library's Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 21st to discuss The Surrogates, Volumes 1 and 2 by Robert Venditti. Join us to discuss this action-packed mini-series now a hit movie by the same name. New members ... (more)welcome.

The Austin Public Library's Graphic Novels Book Club at Halcyon Coffeehouse will be meeting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 18th to discuss Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli. Join us in discussing this exciting new bestselling novel written by the illustrator of Batman: Year One!