Monthly book discussion on a graphic novel selected by the group! This program is for readers age 16 and up.

2023-2024 titles:

September 12: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (2024) 528 pages

October 10: Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco (2010) 432 pages

November 14: A Sea of Love by Lupano & Panaccione (2020) 224 pages

December 12: Animal Castle by Xavier Dorison; art by Felix Deleep (2022) 152 pages

January 19: The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb (2009) 228 pages

February 13: The Talk by Darrin Bell (2023) 352 pages

March 13: Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi and Una Dimitrijevic (2024) 272 pages

April 10: Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham (2023) 240 pages

May 8: We Are Not Strangers by Josh Tuininga (2023) 208 pages

Titles can be borrowed from the Palo Alto City Library and through our Link+ system - click on the links above or search in our catalog for more information.

Meetings are held in person in the Midtown Room at Mitchell Park Library and facilitated by Danièle Archambault.

Danièle Archambault, Ph.D. (Linguistics), is a researcher, author, and educator who is interested in comics as a way to document a society's cultural and linguistic landscape. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, she now lives in Palo Alto, where she is an artist in residence at the Cubberley Artist Studio Program, a program of the City of Palo Alto. In the past few years, she has published several full-color comic books, graphic novels, and electronic books. Ms. Archambault is a regular guest speaker on documenting culture and dialects through comics at various educational and cultural institutions. She teaches Visual Storytelling at the Palo Alto Art Center, and at other educational venues. http://danielebd.com/

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