Anime & Manga Club
2025-12-10 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-08 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-13 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library is hosting an Anime and Manga club for tweens and teens in grades 6-8! The club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 4-5pm in the library’s Activity Room. During club meetings, we will watch 1-2 episodes of an anime, discuss manga, share artwork, eat snacks, and more! Registration is required–email macona@cwmars.org to sign up.

Cookbook Club (Jan 2026)
2026-01-09 18:30 - 19:30
Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy, and chat with your new cookbook friends! The January cookbook is What to cook when you don’t feel like cooking by Caroline Chambers.
Registration & confirmation required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vcXqXqif2rvTGys49

Wednesday Whodunnits
2026-01-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-13 14:00 - 15:00
Our Mystery Book Group is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Join us as we discuss a different mystery novel each month. Copies of the current month’s pick available at the library. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

Teen Book Club (Jan 2026)
2026-01-28 15:00 - 16:00
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! On Wednesday, January 28th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library’s circulation desk and on the Libby and hoopla apps. Snacks will be provided at the meeting. Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com with any questions.

Teen Book Club (Feb 2026)
2026-02-25 15:00 - 16:00
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! On Wednesday, February 25th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss The Honeys by Ryan La Sala. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library’s circulation desk and on the Libby and hoopla apps. Snacks will be provided at the meeting. Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com with any questions.

What "YA" Readin' Book Club
2026-03-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-02 19:00 - 20:00
The library’s What “YA” Readin’? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet Thursday, June 4th at 7:00PM in the Select Board Meeting room at the Town Hall to discuss Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. New members are welcome!

Cookbook Club (Mar 2026)
2026-03-13 18:30 - 20:00
Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy, and chat with your new cookbook friends! The March cookbook is Cook what you have by Christopher Kimball.
Registration & confirmation required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/96LJUDXRvxA5Jfic9

Clapp Critics
2026-03-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-04-27 18:00 - 19:00
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

SFF Book Club
2026-03-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-04-28 18:00 - 19:00
A monthly book group for lovers of high fantasy, hard science fiction, fable, far future, and all of the speculative fiction options.
We meet online via Google Meet.
Upcoming reads:

The Last Hour Between Worlds / Melissa Caruso (6/23)
Sunward / William Alexander (7/28)
A Letter to the Luminous Deep / Sylvie Cathrall (8/25)
Kaiju Preservation Society / John Scalzi (9/22)
Of Monsters and Mainframes / Barbara Truelove (10/27)
The Mimicking of Known Successes / Malka Older (11/24)

To sign-up or ask questions email Tegan at tmannino@cwmars.org

Teen Book Club (March 2026)
2026-03-25 15:00 - 16:00
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! On Wednesday, March 25th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library’s circulation desk and on the Libby and hoopla apps. Snacks will be provided at the meeting. Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com with any questions.

Frankenstein Reading Group
2026-03-31 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-07 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-14 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-21 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-04-28 14:00 - 15:30
Have you ever wanted to take the time to discuss a novel in depth? In this five-session group, we will discuss the Gothic novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector. Copies of the book will be available to checkout at the circulation desk.
Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/PSFBMP9xJmUxE5Ru5
The group will meet from 2 to 3:30 PM on Tuesdays. The first meeting is on Tuesday, March 31 and meets weekly through April 28. All sessions take place in the Library’s activity room except for the April 14 session, which will meet in the Town Hall.
A public screening of Frankenstein, the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff will take place on Tuesday, April 7.

Teen Book Club (April 2026)
2026-04-29 15:00 - 16:00
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! On Wednesday, April 29th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library’s circulation desk and on the Libby and hoopla apps. Snacks will be provided at the meeting. Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com with any questions.

What "YA" Readin' Book Club
2026-05-07 19:00 - 20:00
The library’s What “YA” Readin’? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet Thursday, August 6th at 7:00PM in the Select Board Meeting room at the Town Hall to discuss The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. New members are welcome!

Cookbook Club (May 2026)
2026-05-08 18:30 - 20:00
May 8, 6:30 PM
Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy, and chat with your new cookbook friends! The May cookbook is Nothing fancy by Alison Roman.
Registration & confirmation required, click here to sign up.
