flier for WFL International Book Group October 2025 meeting

International Book Group – Miss Benson’s Beetle

The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5pm. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes; register here for International Book GroupMeetings are both in-person and on Zoom. 

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two women on a life-changing adventure, where they must risk everything, break all the rules, and discover their best selves—together.

Praise for Miss Benson’s Beetle: “A beautifully written, extraordinary quest in which two ordinary, overlooked women embark on an unlikely scientific expedition to the South Seas.”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

The discussion schedule is as follows:

9/3/2025 Out of Darkness, Shining Light Petina Gappah Africa
10/1/2025 Miss Benson’s Beetle Rachel Joyce New Caledonia
11/5/2025 The Palace of Illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni India
12/3/2025 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun Morocco
1/7/2026 The Green Road Anne Enright Ireland
2/4/2026 Midaq Alley Najīb Maḥfūẓ Cairo
3/4/1936 Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton New Zealand
4/1/2026 Infinite Country Patricia Engel Colombia
5/6/2026 The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between Hisham Matar Cairo
6/3/2026 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor Mexico

 

Date

Oct 01 2025

Time

3:45 pm

Location

West Falmouth Library
575 West Falmouth Highway West Falmouth, MA 02574

Organizer

Becky Kanaley
Email
becky@westfalmouthlibrary.org