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Malden Public Library
36 Salem St.
Malden, MA, 02148
(781) 324-0218
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DearReader.com Online Book Clubs

Read Books in Your EmailJoin the Malden Public Library's free Online Book Club and start receiving chapters from popular books in your daily e-mail. Everyday, Monday through Friday, we'll send you a portion of chapter which will take you about five minutes to read.

After you've read 2 or 3 chapters from a book, we'll start sending you a new one.

There's no charge for this service. You don't even need a library card. All you need is just five minutes a day, and we'll introduce you to an exciting world of reading.

Click here to begin reading!

Book Discussion Groups

The Malden Public Library hosts two book discussion groups: The Monday Book Discussion and the Booker Prize Book Discussion. New members are always welcome! Copies of books for discussion are available at the information desk.

Monday Book Discussion Group

The Monday Book Discussion Group meets on the first Monday of each month at 7:00p.m. in the Program Room.

Upcoming Books

  • July 12, 2010 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • August 2, 2010 - Joy School by Elizabeth Berg
  • September 13, 2010 - Home by Marilynne Robinson
  • October 4, 2010 - Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

Call Barbara Brown at 781-324-9335 or The Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218 for further information

Booker Prize Discussion Group

The Booker Prize Discussion Group meets monthly in the Program Room at 7:00. Since 1969 the "Booker Prize" has been awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa. Books which have been short listed for, or won, the prize will be discussed in a relaxed and loosely structured setting at the Malden Public Library. For more information about the Booker Prize please visit www.themanbookerprize.com.

Upcoming Books:

  • July 21, 2010 - Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd
  • August 18, 2010 - Lost Father by Marina Warner
  • September 15, 2010 - Circles of Deceit by Nina Bawden

If you have any questions, please e-mail Andrew Dempsey or the Library.