Come be a part of Olney Theatre Center’s first-ever book club! Make your mark on campus this year by joining OTC’s Artistic Department staff for deep-dive discussions into books related to the 2024 season. Book Club hosts special guests at each meeting, many of whom are the authors themselves. Tuesdays just got a little better now that you’ve got a good book in your hand. Don’t miss out on the chance to read award-winning novels and participate in engaging conversations with the community from March - June.
Interested? Just RSVP here for one or two or all of the book club discussion dates!
Where can I find the book? You can purchase copies through Friends of the Library. A substantial portion of each sale benefits Friends of the Library Montgomery County in support of Montgomery County Public Libraries.
- Check out the Book lineup below -
Books for Avaaz
Cry of the Peacock by Gina Nahai
Discussion Date: March 19th 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavillion
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out by Jason Rezaian
Discussion Date: March 26th 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavillion
Books for Islander: A New Musical
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
Discussion Date: April 16th 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavillion
Books for Long Way Down
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Discussion Date: May 21st, 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavillion
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Discussion Date: May 28th, 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavilion
- Following the book discussion, there will be a conversation with activist groups local to Montgomery county.
Books for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King
Discussion Date: June 18th, 2024 6:00 pm
Location: Omi's Pavillion
Can't Get Enough? Here are some more recommendations by Olney Theatre Center Staff
Avaaz
- Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
- The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
- To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America by Tara Bahrampour
- Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
- Exiled Memories: Stories of Iranian Diaspora by Zohreh T Sullivan
- Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran by Nina Ansary
- The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
- Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
A must read list of 33 Essential Works of Fiction by Iranian Writers
Islander: A New Musical
- The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
- The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might by Courtney Weber
- The Book of Celtic Myths: From the Mystic Might of the Celtic Warriors to the Magic of the Fey Folk, the Storied History and Folklore of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales by Jennifer Emick
- The Last Sunset in the West: Britain’s Vanishing West Coast Orcas by Natalie Sanders
- Folk by Zoe Gilbert
- The Visitors by Simon Sylvester
- The People of the Sea: Celtic Tales of the Sea-Folk by David Thomson
- The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth*
A list of Scottish Books about Environmental Conservation
Long Way Down
- Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada
- Bullets into Bells by Brian Clements, Alexandra Teague and Dean Rader
- When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
- Fight Night by Miriam Toews
- The NRA: The Unauthorized History by Frank Smyth
- The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson
- All God’s Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence by Fox Butterfield
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ‘60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam and Emily Sieu Liebowitz
- I’m Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil
- Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon–And the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
- Don Kirshner: The Man With the Golden Ear: How He Changed the Face of Rock and Roll by Rich Podolsky
Please email education[At]olneytheatre.org for any additional questions about Book Club.
