The Albany Public Library is excited to announce a Community Reads event featuring the novel Afterlife by Julia Alvarez.  

APL Community Reads is a community-wide reading project that invites the people of Albany to come together through reading and discussion based on the themes of a common book.  Copies of Afterlife are available to pick up at both libraries*. In addition, multiple copies of the eBook and eAudiobook are available to download and enjoy on the cloudLibrary and Libby apps. 

*Copias del libros en español son disponibles 

• Tuesday October 11 at 7pm- Book club discussion
• Tuesday October 25 at 7pm- Book talk with local educator and artist Eleana Chavarria

The Albany Public Library hosts 2 book clubs- the evening group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm and the daytime group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 12pm.  These regularly scheduled book club meetings will resume in November.  

Book Club Bags

Already in a book club?  You can checkout sets of books from APL’s previous book club selections.  Each bag contains 8-12 copies of the book and check out for 8 weeks.

Questions about APL book clubs?  Email us at librarywebteam@cityofalbany.net