Renown Oregon author, Brian Doyle spends the evening with the community.   His first novel,  Mink River features a Oregon Coast community full of unforgettable characters. The novel is  lyrical in nature with wonderful descriptions of , not only village life, but of all the great flora and fauna that abound on our coast. .  You will fall in love with Oregon if you haven't before.  His second novel, the Plover ,continues the saga of one of the characters featured in Mink River as a sequel more or less.

Brian is well known also for his engaging talks, receptiveness and for  just plain being funny. 

Well worth a visit to our Library.  This is the first time that we have ever had the opportuntiy to host a prominent author and we are so looking forward to this  " almost famous" event. 

There are extra copies of the books at our library, should you want to read them before meeting the author. Read more about An Evening with Brian Doyle

The Langlois Library Book Group is a readers group that meets monthly at the Library. The group selects a book for each month, and members then read the selected title and meet to discuss it. The meetings are held on  the second Thursday of each month @ 3: 30 pm at the library.  New members always welcome. Even if you haven't read the month's book, drop in and see  what a lively group we are. Our selection of books is very eclectic  -ranging from best sellers to the classics, fiction to non fiction. We've even read the poem/play: T.S. Elliot's  Murder in the Cathedral.  We are proud of the fact that we are into our 8th year.

 Sampling of revious books read
11/14 Claire of the Sea Light - Edwidge Danticat
12/14 Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow
1/15 The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown
2/15 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin

3/15 Where River Turns to Sky - Gregg Kleiner
4/15 The Memory Palace: A Memoir - Mira Bartok
5/15 Housekeeping: A Novel - Marilynne Robinson
6/15 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
7/15 The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
8/15 Wild- Cheryl Strayed

3/16 The Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George

4/16 The Tsar of Love and Techno - Anthony Marra

5/16 H is for Hawk - Helen MacDonald

6/16 My Name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout

7/16 Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking - Anya Von Bremzen

2021-22

8/21 The Paris Library – Janet S. Charles (Helen/Deanna)

9/21 Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell (Anne)

10/21 Thirteen Moons – Charles Frazier (Cher)

11/21 Last Bus to Wisdom – Ivan Doig (Sandy)

12/21 Woman 99 – Greer Macallister (Sandy)

1/22 Nomadland – Jessica Bruder (Anne)

2/22 Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi (Deanna)

3/22 Harlem Shuffle – Colson Whitehead (Cairehn)

4/22 In My Father’s Country – Saima Wahib (Cheryl)

5/22 Cloud Cuckoo Land – Anthony Doerr (Cairehn)

6/22 Tallgrass – Sandra Dallas (Katrin)

Our current book list for 2022- multiple copies available at the library.

  Read more about Langlois Library Reader Book Group