Archer Book Club
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Welcome!
This is the informational page for the Archer Book Club, a digital book club for all University of Regina students, staff and faculty who are interested in conversing about selected leisure reading books and short stories. Spring/Summer 2020 served as our pilot for the club, and we have been very pleased to continue meeting for three sessions per semester since! Check out the archived meeting pages for general interest and reading suggestions.
Zoom sessions will be available with chat options. Sessions will be moderated and any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind as per University of Regina policies will result in removal from the session.
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Upcoming Fall 2023 Book Club Sessions:
November 22, 12:00pm (Zoom): The Sunday Book by Michael Trussler (guest speaker), Host Brandi Adams
Looking for reading ideas but can't attend any sessions? Check out our Staycation Reading tab!
Subject Guide
Subject Guide
Brandi Adams
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Book Club Rules and Regulations
While the Archer Book Club is largely intended as a social gathering, University of Regina policies regarding behavior and respect will be followed. The University's Code of Conduct can be found online here: https://www.uregina.ca/policy/browse-policy/policy-GOV-022-005.html
A few notes pertaining to the Archer Book Club meetings specifically:
1) Harassment, discriminatory speech, and/or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated either at in-person meetings or Zoom meetings.
2) While open conversation is welcome, the moderator/host will periodically direct the conversation back to planned topics related to the reading material.
3) Obtaining reading material is the responsibility of the attendee, and should be read prior to the meeting. Library staff will offer suggestions for locating materials, but alternate editions at the discretion of the attendee are welcome. Example: If reading Dracula, online editions are available through the library but you are welcome to read your personal copy.
Future Book Vote
Please note that the above titles are NOT all available online through the library, but will give us an excellent idea as to people's interests, etc.
Past Book Club Meetings (also in Book Club Archives)
2020:
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Good Natured by Frans B. M. De Waal
2021:
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- Sacred Wilderness by Susan Power
- Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun by Paul Seesequasis
- All Together Now by Alan Doyle
- Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox
- #Notyourprincess by
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- Dog's Best Friend? Rethinking Canid-Human Relations edited by John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka
2022:
- Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
- Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
- Gather by Richard Van Camp
- Mammoth by Chris Flynn
- Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
- The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2023:
- What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
- Under The Whispering Door by T. J. Klune
- Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters by Leonard Cohen
- Fairy Tale by Stephen King
- The Woman In Black by Susan Hill