Every second Tuesday of 2009, readers and movie buffs are invited to gather at Beatley Central Library to talk about a novel, play, short story, or work of nonfiction and the motion picture version inspired by the written tale. All participants are expected to have read the tale and viewed the movie before attending. Although Alexandria Library cannot guarantee that our copies of the books and movies will be available for checkout during the month prior, the Library has chosen books and films that we own and are also available from adjacent Library systems, bookstores, and movie rental stores.

Discussions held every second Tuesday, at 7 pm, at Beatley Central Library, in the Small Conference Room.
Scenes of the film may be shown. The schedule for the year 2009 is as follows:

January 13, The Remains of the Day (1993), Booker Prize winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro;

February 10, Love Story (1970), A novella by Erich Segal;

March 10, The Commitments (1991), The comic novel by Roddy Doyle, first book in The Barrytown Trilogy;

April 14, Chocolat (2000), A novel by French writer Joanne Harris;

May 12, The Women (1939), American play by Clare Boothe, anthologized in several collections in the 812’s;

June 9, A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Award-winning play by Lorraine Hansberry;

July 14, Stand by Me (1986), Coming-of-age short story “The Body” in Different Seasons by Stephen King;

August 11, Aquamarine (2006), A young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, shelved in Children’s Fiction Section;

September 8, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The classic novel by Harper Lee;

October 13, October Sky (1999), Stunning biography Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam;

November 10, The Children of Men (2006), A work of dystopian fiction by British mystery writer P.D. James;

December 8, Random Harvest (1942), A classic novel by James Hilton;

BEATLEY CENTRAL LIBRARY - 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 For more info on the group, please call 703.519.5900x3. Refreshments are sponsored by VIDEO VAULT located at 113 S. Columbus Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 • 703.549.8848