DECEMBER BOOK CLUB NEWS
Book Club will meet on December 4th in the Fitzgerald Room downstairs.
By Any Other Name : a novel by Jodi Picoult is our December selection
by
Jodi Picoult
Across centuries two women, Melina Green and Emilia Bassano, one a modern playwright and the other her Elizabethan ancestor, each fight societal expectations to have their voices heard on the stage in a world that silences female playwrights.
Information about the book:
SuperSummary of the book, all the information you could ever want or need!!!
Was Shakespeare a Woman?
Jodi Picoult- BY ANY OTHER NAME with Angie Kim
‘A lot has changed in 400 years, but a lot more hasn’t’: How Jodi Picoult wrote By Any Other Name
Standing on Their Shoulders: A Conversation with Jodi Picoult
The Book Show | Jodi Picoult - By Any Other Name
Emilia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship
On Shakespeare, Jodi Picoult ’87 Just Doesn’t Buy It
Women in Shakespeare's England
2026 Book Selections
January 8:
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
February 5:
The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
March 5:
The Names by Florence Knapp
April 2:
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May 7:
Isola by Allegra Goodman
June 4:
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
July 2:
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
August 6:
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
September 3:
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
October 1:
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
November 5:
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
December 3:
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Happy Reading!!
ENJOY THESE FABULOUS DECEMBER PROGRAMS!
Heartwood (a Read with Jenna Pick)
by Amity Gaige
Our January 2026 book selection
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