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Book Clubs

External Book Clubs

We offer 10% off all titles purchased for external book clubs. 

We also encourage our customers to bring in their book club reading lists.  This allows us to make sure that your books are here well in advance of the month for which you need the book. 

Please email Judith your book club lists at owlsnestbooks@shaw.ca
 

Internal Book Clubs

The Owl's Nest proudly hosts four in-house book clubs, three for younger readers and teens, as well as a mystery book club for adults.  Members receive 15% off the titles for these clubs. 

All our clubs meet once a month and are free of charge.  Pre-registration is not necessary, but registered members will receive an email reminder in the week before their meeting. 

For further information about our kids' and teens' book clubs, please visit our owlets page. 

2008-2009 Reading Lists
(Subject to change - contact the store to confirm)

Junior Owlets
(Grades 3 through 6)

Senior Owlets
(Grades 6 through 9)

Fledglings
(Grades 9 and up)

Hootdunnit
(Adults)

 

Junior Owlets
For kids from grade 3 to grade 6.
Meets once a month on the first Saturday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 9:00 AM.

 
Saturday, 12 September 2009, 9:00am

The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech

 

Saturday 3 October 2009, 9:00am

The Mystery of the Frozen Brains by Marty Chan

 

7 November 2009, 9:00am

The Dragon Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Cats by Garth Jones

5 December 2009, 9:00am

The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli

9 January 2010, 9:00am

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

6 February 2010, 9:00am

Dead Frog on the Porch by Jan Markley

6 March 2010, 9:00am

The Mealworm Diaries by Anna Kerz

10 April 2010, 9:00am

The Story of Cirrus Flux by Matthew Skelton

1 May 2010, 9:00am

Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig

 

5 June 2010, 9:00am

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

   

 

 

Senior owlets
For kids in grades 6 through 9
Meets on the first Tuesday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 4:30 PM

 
15 September 2009, 4:30pm

Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher

6 October 2009, 4:30pm

The Book Without Words by Avi

3 November 2009, 4:30pm

Skullduggery Pleasant: Scepter of the Ancients by Derek Landy

1 December 2009, 4:30pm

Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson

5 January 2010, 4:30pm

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

2 February 2010, 4:30pm

The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle

2 March 2010, 4:30pm

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

6 April 2010, 4:30pm

The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer

4 May 2010, 4:30pm
Reschedule to 11 May 2010, 4:30pm

The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher

1 June 2010, 4:30pm

Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey

   

 

 

Fledglings:
For teens in grades 9 and up
Meets on the third Tuesday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 4:30 PM

   
22 September 2009, 4:30pm

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

20 October 2009, 4:30pm

Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee

 

17 November 2009, 4:30pm

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

15 December 2009, 4:30pm

Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuiper

19 January 2010, 4:30pm

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

16 February 2010, 4:30pm

Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway

16 March 2010, 4:30pm

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

20 April 2010, 4:30pm

Skinned by Robin Wasserman

18 May 2010, 4:30pm

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

22 June 2010, 4:30pm

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

   

 

Hoot-Dunnit
A mystery book club for adults
Meets on the third Wednesday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 7:30 PM

   
16 September, 2009, 7:30PM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

 

21 October 2009, 7:30pm

The Picasso Scam by Stuart Pawson

 

18 November 2009, 7:30pm

Death Loves a Messy Desk by Mary Jane Maffini

 

*9 December 2008, 7:30pm

Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet

* Please note that we meet a week early in December to accommodate holiday insanity!

20 January 2010, 7:30pm

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

 

17 February 2010, 7:30pm

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

 

17 March 2010, 7:30pm

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

 

21 April 2010, 7:30pm

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

 

19 May 2010, 7:30pm

Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt

 

16 June 2010, 7:30pm

The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan

 

   

 


 


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