Books & Brews
Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 5:30pm for our Books & Brews book club, held at Labyrinth Press Co. Each month, attendees can socialize and participate in a book discussion led by our librarians!
Labyrinth is located at 12 E 4th Street in Jamestown.
Please note: Attendees can purchase food and drink if desired. The library will not provide food and drink.
Questions? Call us at (716) 484-7135 Ext. 226.
How to Participate
- Check out the month’s book at Prendergast Library or your preferred library. Links to the library catalog and e-editions can be found below. (Or purchase the book at your local bookstore!)
- Read the book.
- Join us at Labyrinth on the 2nd Wednesday of the month to discuss and socialize. You’re welcome to attend even if you didn’t finish the book – just be prepared for spoilers!
July 10th at 5:30pm - The Christie Affair
More eBook and eAudiobook copies may be available through our partner, The Mid-York Public Library System. To access this collection, select “Add Library” in Libby or “partner libraries” on desktop. Call (716) 484-7135 ext. 226 with any questions.
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (pub. 2022)
In 1925, Miss Nan O’Dea infiltrated the wealthy, rarefied world of author Agatha Christie and her husband, Archie. In every way, she became a part of their life––first, both Christies. Then, just Archie. Soon, Nan became Archie’s mistress, luring him away from his devoted wife, desperate to marry him. Nan’s plot didn’t begin the day she met Archie and Agatha.
It began decades before, in Ireland, when Nan was a young girl. She and the man she loved were a star-crossed couple who were destined to be together––until the Great War, a pandemic, and shameful secrets tore them apart. Then acts of unspeakable cruelty kept them separated.
What drives someone to murder? What will someone do in the name of love? What kind of crime can someone never forgive? Nina de Gramont’s brilliant, unforgettable novel explores these questions and more.
August 14th at 5:30pm - Yellowface
More eBook and eAudiobook copies may be available through our partner, The Mid-York Public Library System. To access this collection, select “Add Library” in Libby or “partner libraries” on desktop. Call (716) 484-7135 ext. 226 with any questions.
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (pub. 2023)
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.