Calling All Book Lovers!

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.