The Book Club in a Box

Marilyn Herbert speaks to groups of all sizes and interests. The following is the current line-up for 2008-2009. These discussions take place in the Toronto, area and surrounding Ontario locations. Upon request, Marilyn occasionally travels to cities in other parts of Canada and the U.S.

Contact Marilyn if you are interested in where and when the following books or movies will be discussed and/or you would like to discuss having Marilyn come to your group discussion.

2008-2009 General Discussion List

Novel Discussions:

Alan Bennett	An Uncommon Reader
Roberto Bolano	The Savage Detectives
Joseph Boyden	Three Day Road
Geraldine Brooks	The People of the Book
Peter Carey	His Illegal Self
Michael Chabon	The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Junot Diaz	The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Kim Edwards	The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Dave Eggers	What is the What
Nathan Englander	The Ministry of Special Cases
Steven Galloway	The Cellist of Sarajevo
Sara Gruen	Water For Elephants
Mohsin Hamid	The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Elizabeth Hay	Late Nights on Air
Khaled Hosseini	A Thousand Splendid Suns
Nancy Huston	Fault Lines
Henry James	Washington Square
Margaret Laurence	The Stone Angel
Michael Ondaatje	Divisadero
Philip Roth	Exit Ghost
Elif Shafak	The Bastard of Istanbul
Lionel Shriver	The Post Birthday World
Tamar Yellin	The Genizah at the House of Shepher
Markus Zusak	The Book Thief

Film Discussions:

Mira Nair (Director)	The Namesake (based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri)
Jeremy Podeswa (Director)	Fugitive Pieces (based on the novel by Anne Michaels)
Kari Skogland (Director)	The Stone Angel (based on the novel by Margaret Laurence)
Live Schreiber (Director)	Everything is Illuminated (based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)

"A home without books is like a body without a soul."

-Cicero