Book Club in a Bag !
This convenient new service is designed for your book club to borrow 10 copies of a popular book for 6 weeks. Instant book notes featuring sample reviews and discussion questions are included in the bag. Place a hold on the set you want by visiting this link Book Club Bags

Book Samples by Email from DearReader.com
http://www.supportlibrary.com/su/su.cfm?x=625681

Downloadable Audiobooks and E-Books
NetLibrary Downloadable Audiobooks
Get a free account with your library card and download books to your PC at home and then listen to them on your portable media device. Features best sellers, language learning , ESL, award-winning books, novels, non-fiction for children, teens and adults.

Overdrive Downloadable Audiobooks and E-Books
Get a free account with your library card and download books to your PC at home and then listen to them on your portable media device. Features best sellers, language learning , ESL, award-winning books, novels, non-fiction for children, teens and adults. Some titles can be burned to CD.

What Shall I Read Next?
Looking for a great next book to read, but feeling uninspired? Thrilled with the last book you read, and hoping for another one just like it? Come to the 4th floor Readers’ Nook at W.R. Castell Central Library and take advantage of our expertise. We’ll show you how to find what you are looking for. You’ll learn how to use some of our many resources and discover a world of choice and possibility. See your program guide for details.

Library Tours For Book Clubs
Through our 4th floor at the W.R. Castell Central Library, we can provide an introduction to the library services most useful to your book club. Bring your book club Call 260-2785 for your group of 8 or more to book a tour and find out about the multitude of print and online resources the library can offer!

Choose a Good Book
Need help finding books to read and discuss? Call our knowledgeable library staff at 260-2785 or your local branch for reading suggestions best books lists, help in finding biographical and critical information or assistance in using print and electronic resources.

Email: hum1@calgarypubliclibrary.com

E-Library: Services for Readers

For Book Reviews
Thomson Gale Powersearch (E-Library Product)
(look under the Easy Find section)

EBSCO Research Databases (E-Library Product)
(look under the Easy Find section)

For Reading Ideas, Book Reviews, Discussion Guides, Feature Articles
Novelist (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

Reader's Advisor Online (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

What Do I Read Next (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

Fiction Catalog (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

For Author Biographies and Book Discussion
Canadian Literary Centre (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

Literature Resource Center (E-Library Product)
(look under the Books & Authors section)

Book Club Resources: Online Reading Group Guides

Canadian Book Clubs
http://www.canadianbookclubs.com/start.html

Book Club How-to’s
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_discussiongroup_howtos 

Bookmuse.com
http://bookmuse.com/ 

Reading Group Guides
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/

Simon Says
http://www.simonsays.com/content/browse.cfm?page=titles&sid=519 

Vintage Books Reading Group Guide List
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/list.html

Fiction Award Winners for Canada, UK, and the United States
www.calgarypubliclibrary.com/library/fiction_award_winners.htm