The World Wide What Book Club travels to the forefront of global storytelling. With a focus on recently released works alongside enduring classics, our selections span continents, offering new bearings and diverse voices from around the world. Hosted by First Light book buyer Sam Ackerman.

July selection: The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola (Nigeria). Meets Friday, July 25, at 7pm.

The About Motherhood Book Club explores the personal complexities of being a mother, femininity, and domestic life. We’ll use the landmark text Of Woman Born by poet Adrienne Rich as companion text to novels, memoirs and beyond that plumb the joys, grief, indecision, curiosities, and love of motherhood. Hosted by First Light general manager and partner Breezy Mayo.

July selection: Lifeform by Jenny Slate. Meets Wednesday, July 30, at 7pm.

The Small & Indie Book Club highlights emerging and avant-garde novels from thoughtful independent presses across the US. Consider this a club of literary discovery: new writers, lesser-publicized works, hyper fresh voices. Hosted by First Light bookseller Annie Tate Cockrum.

July/August selection: The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros. Meets Wednesday, August 6, at 7pm.

The Future Greats Book Club explores the evolving and enduring nature of “great novels” in modern times. We’ll read frontlist and recent contemporary fiction with ambitious scope and cultural zeitgeist – books that we think will be read for a long, long time. Hosted by First Light partner Taylor Bruce.

July selection: The Gilead series—Gilead, Home, Lila, and Jack—by Marilynne Robinson. Meets Monday, August 11, at 7pm.