Book Group
Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United StatesOpen discussion meeting on a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction works, new and classics. Meets on second Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Hybrid.
Open discussion meeting on a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction works, new and classics. Meets on second Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Hybrid.
Salem Athenaeum is excited to participate in the Food at 400+ events in June. Please stop in during open hours on June 13, for a special one-day only exhibit of books from the 17th to 21st century on subjects related to farming, animal husbandry, and the writings of the men and women who dedicate their […]
This group of thinkers congregates monthly to discuss relevant topics framed by texts, media, and experiences we agree on as a group.
Weekly Writing Studio at the Salem Athenaeum.
All are welcome to bring work-in-progress to share with the group for feedback. The group is facilitated by J.D. Scrimgeour, Professor of English, Salem State University.
Join us in person at the library tonight for the 2026–27 book selection meeting of the Reappraisal Reading Circle.
Weekly Writing Studio at the Salem Athenaeum.
La Tertulia is a group of members interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice. Meetings on 4th Tuesdays are held at the Salem Athenaeum.
The Incessant Pipe Poetry is a space to read poetry, yours or others, and discuss everything from the price of tea in China to quantum particles (as long as it relates back to poetry).
Weekly Writing Studio at the Salem Athenaeum.
As part of their U.S. book launch, Rachel TonThat and Tobias Bärtsch will be reading from their project, Die Alp an sich, a bilingual collection that translates folklore from the Sarganserland region in eastern Switzerland into English and high German for the first time.
Weekly Writing Studio at the Salem Athenaeum.