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.

May selection: Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns.

Meeting the first Monday of the month, May 4, at 7pm.

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.

April selection: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, trans. Sophie Hughes.

Meeting the second Monday of the month, April 13, at 7 p.m.

The Spotlight is a new book club concept, co-hosted by Taylor Bruce, Breezy Mayo, and Rob Lowe. They’ll be reading novels, memoirs, and cultural nonfiction, each with the throughline of zeitgeisty influence on the broader cultural moment. These are books you keep hearing about, books chatted about on NPR, books getting awards buzz, books that feel tuned into the situation of our world.

April selection: In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod

Meeting the third Monday of the month, April 20, at 7pm.

Brevity is a new book club concept hosted by bookseller and ops supervisor Jason Pollard. A year-long exploration of short story collections, whether old or new, grounded or untethered — if it’s short, we’ll read it.

April selection: Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Meeting the fourth Monday of the month, April 27, at 7pm.