What is a Book Club in a Bag?

A 6 week loan (no renewals) to registered book clubs of 12 paperback copies of a book suitable for stimulating book club discussions.

How can my book club register and arrange for a loan?

Choose one member to be your representative and ask the staff at any London Public Library branch to issue your Book Club library card.

Here’s how it works:

• An Availability Calendar will indicate all the Book Club Bag titles, when they are available, and when they are already booked
• When you have decided on which titles and which dates you would like to book the Book Club Bags, phone 519-661-4600 and ask to speak to a library staff person about booking a Book Club Bag
• Library staff will make the booking for you, and will ask you for booking information—your name, Book Club library card number, contact information, and where you would like to pick up and return the Bag. Have a calendar handy!
• The Bag can be borrowed for up to 6 weeks.
• Just a reminder: holds can no longer be placed on Book Club Bags through the catalogue
  
  That’s all there is to it!
  
  Please note: all 12 copies of the title must be borrowed with the Bag, and all 12 copies of the title must be returned in the Bag. Library Staff cannot accept returned Bags without the correct number of books inside the Bag.
  

What books are available?

	After Helen Cavanaugh, Paul		Behind the Scenes at the Museum Atkinson, Kate
	Clara Callan Wright, Richard		Dead Man in Paradise MacKinnon, J.B.
	Ella Minnow Pea: a novel in letters Dunn, Mark		In the Lake of the Woods O'Brien, Tim
	Late Nights on Air Elizabeth Hay		The Lovely Bones Sebold, Alice
	Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson		Three Day Road Joseph Boyden
	Luck Barfoot, Joan		Loving Frank Nancy Horan
	The Bright Forever Lee Martin		Never Let Me Go Ishiguro, Kazuo
	The Birth House Ami McKay		The Girls Lansens, Lori
	Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert		History of Love Nicole Krauss
	Radiance Shaena Lambert		The Gathering Anne Enright
	Ragged Company Richard Wagamese		Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
	Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid		Three Junes Glass, Julia
	Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons Lorna Landvik		Sweetness in the Belly Camilla Gibb
	Water for Elephants Sara Gruen		Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill
	The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls		Run      Ann Patchett
	Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O'Nan		The Cellist of Sarajevo Steven Galloway
	Mostly Happy Pam Bustin		Good to a Fault Marina Endicott
	Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer		The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
	The Shack Wm. Paul Young		The Outlander Gil Adamson