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Get Weird Book Club

Austin Public Library

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The Get Weird Book Club meets virtually on the last Wednesday of every month to read and discuss all things strange, surreal, unconventional and unexpected. Recommended for ages 18 and up.

Events in this collection

Get Weird Book Club: The Honeys
Wednesday at 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "The Low, Low Woods" by Carmen Maria Machado
Wed 21 Oct, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Cursed Bunny (Stories)" by Bora Chung
Wed 18 Nov, 18:00 GMT-6
Free

Get Weird Book Club: "Monstrilio"
Wed 26 Aug, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Cyclopedia Exotica"
Wed 29 Jul, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
CANCELED - Get Weird Book Club: "Lucky Day"
Wed 24 Jun, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Motherthing"
Wed 27 May, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Beautyland"
Wed 29 Apr, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Orlando" by Virginia Woolf
Wed 25 Mar, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Peaces" by Helen Oyeyemi
Wed 25 Feb, 18:00 GMT-6
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Blob: A Love Story" by Maggie Su
Wed 28 Jan, 18:00 GMT-6
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Comfort Me With Apples" by Catherynne M. Valente
Wed 19 Nov, 18:00 GMT-6
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones
Wed 29 Oct, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Several People are Typing" by Calvin Kasulke
Wed 24 Sept, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Grasshopper Jungle" by Andrew Smith
Wed 27 Aug, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Life Ceremony" by Sayaka Murata
Wed 30 Jul, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Boys Weekend" by Mattie Lubchansky
Wed 25 Jun, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "The Need" by Helen Phillips
Wed 28 May, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu
Wed 30 Apr, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club: "Rouge" by Mona Awad
Thu 27 Mar, 18:00 GMT-5
Free
Get Weird Book Club - "Ring Shout" by P. Djèlí Clark
Wed 26 Feb, 18:00 GMT-6
Free

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The Austin Public Library provides knowledge, technology and inspiration to the Austin community. The Library is a hub of books and education, a meeting place of minds and an incubator of ideas. To see the full calendar of events, click here:https://library.austintexas.gov/events/search.

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