Bayonne Book Club: "Where Hope Comes From" In-Person / Online
Join Bayonne Public Library and Mamas in Bayonne for our April 2025 Bayonne Book Club!
All are welcomed and encouraged to attend. The genre / theme of the books chosen will vary. The discussions will be moderated by Bayonne local, Angela van Genderen (@angela_the_ninja).
This month’s meeting will be Thursday, April 17th at 7 pm in the Small Programming Room on the 2nd Floor at the Bayonne Public Library. In celebration of National Poetry Month, we will be reading “Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light” by Nikita Gill.
Attendees can join in-person or virtually via Zoom. To attend virtually, please sign up via the library calendar event listing.
What’s the book about? Nikita Gill shares a collection of poems crafted as the world went into lockdown, tackles themes such as mental health and loneliness, and the precarity of hope. Through the life cycle of a star, she invites the reader to feel connected to the universe, taking us on a journey through the five stages of grief to the five stages of hope. This collection includes the phenomenal “Love in the Time of Coronavirus,” which was shared across social media over 20,000 times, as well as Gill's poems of strength and hope, “How to Be Strong” and “Silver Linings.” Where Hope Comes From is fully illustrated with beautiful line drawings by the author.
How can you participate? Bayonne Public Library has eBook and eAudiobook copies available via hoopla as well as physical book copies. If you’d prefer to purchase your own physical copy, we recommend purchasing from The Little Boho Bookshop, our favorite local bookshop, located at 164A Broadway or online at https://thelittlebohobookshop.com/
We will also be working with QWERT Poetry to include a special typewriter poetry part where book club attendees can type out their own thoughts and poems on vintage typewriters!
- Date:
- Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Small Programming Room
- Audience:
- Adults High School Students Parents & Caregivers Teens
- Categories:
- Adults Book Club Seniors Teen Events Virtual