Book Club in a Bag
Does your book group have trouble finding enough copies of a book for all of your members? The Brantford Public Library makes it easy. Your book club can borrow multiple copies of one book together in a Book Club Bag.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is a Book Club Bag
A book club bag consists of 10 copies of a book and in some cases 10 copies of a book and 10 copies of a DVD of the same title packaged in an easy to carry cloth tote bag.
2. Who can borrow Book Club Bags?
Book club sets can be borrowed by any local book club. The Book Club Bag will be checked out on the Brantford Public Library card of the person picking up the bag. That person assumes responsibility for the bag and its contents.
3. What titles are available as a Book Club Bag?
See complete list of Book Club Bags.
4. How can I reserve Book Club Bags in advance?
The Availability Calendar indicates which titles have already been reserved and the dates they are reserved for. Please consult the Book Club in a Bag title list and availability calendar first. When you have chosen your titles and the available dates you will need them please fill in the online booking form.
5. Where can I pick up Book Club Bags?
Book Club Bags will be held behind the circulation desks at the Main library and at the St. Paul branch. Please specify your desired pick-up location when you reserve the Book Club Bag.
6. How long may I keep a Book Club Bag?
The loan period for a Book Club Bag is 6 weeks. The return date will be set when you reserve your Book Club Bag and it must be returned by that date regardless of when you pick it up. It is important to return all books in a Book Club Bag on time as other book clubs may have reserved them.
7. Can I renew a Book Club Bag?
No. Book Club Bags cannot be renewed in order to ensure that the set is available for use by other book clubs.
8. Where can I return Book Club Bags?
Book Club Bags must be returned to the circulation desks at either the Main library or the St. Paul branch. Book Club Bags MUST NOT be put into the Book Drops.
9. What is the late charge for books in a Book Club Set?
The late charge is 25 cents per day per book or DVD.
10. What is the charge if one of the books or DVDs is missing?
A flat rate of $15.00 will be charged for each missing item.
Book Club in a Bag Titles
1.NEW!!The Age of Innocence (book & DVD)- Edith Wharton
2.The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
3.Atonement - Ian McEwan
4.The Birth House - Ami McKay
5.The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
6.The Book of Negroes (set #2) - Lawrence Hill
7.Born on a Blue Day - Daniel Tammet
8.The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
9.A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
10.Friend of the Devil - Peter Robinson
11.Girl with a Pearl Earring (book & DVD) - Tracey Chevalier
12.The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
13.NEW!! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
14.Into the Wild (NEW!!book & DVD)- Jon Krakauer
15.Late Nights on Air - Elizabeth Hay
16.Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
17.Loving Frank - Nancy Horan
18.The Measure of a Man - Sidney Poitier
19.The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
20.NEW!! The Mess They Made - Gwynne Dyer
21.NEW!!The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers
22.October- Richard Wright
23.The Other Boleyn Girl (book & DVD) - Philippa Gregory
24.NEW!! The Outlander - Gil Adamson
25.NEW!! Outliers: the Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
26.NEW!!Paragon Walk - Anne Perry
27.Peony in Love - Lisa See
28.NEW!!The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
29.
Red Mandarin Dress - Xiaolong Qui
30.The Road - Cormac McCarthy
31.NEW!! The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 1 - L. M. Montgomery
32 NEW!! The Shack - William Young
33.NEW!! The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
34.NEW!!Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
35.NEW!! Still Alice - Lisa Genova
36.The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski
37.Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
38.A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
39.A Thousand Splendid Suns (set #2) - Khaled Hosseini
40. NEW!! Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden
41.
The Virgin of Small Plains - Nancy Pickard
42.Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
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