What "YA" Readin'? Book Group
2025-09-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The library’s What “YA” Readin’? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet Thursday, February 5th at 7:00PM to discuss Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. New members are welcome!

Wednesday Whodunnits
2025-09-10 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-10 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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.

Cookbook Club (Sep 2025)
2025-09-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Friday, September 12, 6:30pm
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!
This month’s book is The Ikaria way by Diane Kochilas. Please register and choose a recipe by September 5.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/mPiAFca8fDv8Riov6
Registration & confirmation required. Program limited to 12 participants

Clapp Critics
2025-09-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

SFF Book Club
2025-09-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual, MA
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 Naming Song / Jedediah Berry (1/27)
The Children of Blood and Bone / Tomi Adeyemi (2/24)
The Tainted Cup / Robert Jackson Bennett (3/24)
Nettle & Bone / T. Kingfisher (4/28)
Stories of Your Life and Others / Ted Chiang (5/26)
The Last Hour Between Worlds / Melissa Caruso (6/23)

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

Teen Book Club (Sep 2025)
2025-09-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! This Teen Book Club is in conjunction with the MA Teen Choice Book Awards (MTCBA), the only book award in the state selected by teens. Each month teens will read and meet to discuss one book from the nominee list. On Wednesday, September 24th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell. 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.

Jane Eyre Reading Group
2025-10-07 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-28 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-04 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-18 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector. After registration is confirmed, participants can pick up a copy of the novel to keep, while supplies last.
Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/NxmuC9z9L6pqDeuZA
The group will meet from 2 to 3:30 PM on Tuesdays. The first meeting is on Tuesday, October 7, with the next meeting on Tuesday, October 28 to give participants a chance to read the book. Subsequent meetings are on November 4, 18, and 25. All sessions take place in the Library’s activity room.
A public screening of the 2011 version of Jane Eyre is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18 at 7pm.

Teen Book Club (Oct 2025)
2025-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! This Teen Book Club is in conjunction with the MA Teen Choice Book Awards (MTCBA), the only book award in the state selected by teens. Each month teens will read and meet to discuss one book from the nominee list. On Wednesday, October 29th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss Gwyn & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher. 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.

Cookbook Club (Nov 2025)
2025-11-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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!
This month’s book is Gatherings: Casual-Fancy Meals to Share.
Registration & confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/A4tUx5bSHyodufry6

Teen Book Club (Nov 2025)
2025-11-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! On Wednesday, November 26th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. 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.

Cookbook Club (Jan 2026)
2026-01-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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

Teen Book Club (Jan 2026)
2026-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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.
