This month, Novel Crossroads is being offered simultaneously online and in-person at 10:30am.

Click here to join the program online, or come to Westbank Library to join us in-person. This meeting will take place in the Macklin Room.

If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.

Novel Crossroads was started over 20 years ago by an Eanes ISD school librarian and her parent volunteers. Since then, it has grown to include more people, many of them former parents from Eanes. This group reads a wide array of genres throughout the year and tries to include at least one nonfiction selection. They look forward to welcoming newcomers.

2023 Reading Selections

• January 14^th: The Measure: a novel by Nikki Erlick
• February 11^th: The Last Karankawas by Kimberly Garza
• March 11^th:  Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
• April 15^th: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• May 13^th: A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley and Scout of the Oregon Trail by Todd Crickmer
• June 10^th: River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
• July 8^th: A Storm in the Stars: a novel  by Don Zancanella
• August 12^th: Lessons in Chemistry: a novel by Bonnie Garmus
• September 9^th: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: a novel by Jamie Ford
• October 14^th: Hester: a novel by Laurie Lico Albanese
• November 11^th: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
• December 9^th: The Cloisters: a novel by Katy Hays

Click here to join Education Conversations, a live virtual discussion group happening 3rd Thursdays at 6pm.

Westbank Libraries’ Parenting and Education Conversations touches upon topics in parenting and education, with a focus on the psychology that informs our approach to raising and teaching children in grades K-12. Participants engage in lively discussions on the topic, and we encourage educators and parents to attend to offer multiple perspectives and voices.

2023 Reading Selections through September.

• Jan 19^th The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
• Feb 16^th – Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy by Carla Bergman
• Mar 16^th – Bringing Up Bebe: one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting by Pamela Druckerman
• Apr 20^th – The Art of Talking with Children: the simple keys to nurturing kindness, creativity, and confidence in kids by Rebecca Rolland
• May 18^th – The Danish Way of Parenting: What the happiest people in the world know about raising confident, capable kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Dissing Sandahl
• Jun 15^th – The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon
• Jul 20^th – Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy
• Aug 17^th – ADHD 2.0: new science and essential strategies for thriving with distraction – from childhood through adulthood by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
• Sep 21^st – Visual Thinking: the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns and abstractions by Temple Grandin

Antonio Buehler founded Abrome to fundamentally change the way the world views education. He wants society to reject the notion that education should be a standardized product in which children are expected to be passive recipients of instruction that is chosen and delivered by adults. Antonio wants learners to be able to direct their own education so they can live rich, fulfilling lives. He believes that by providing learners with the opportunity to take full ownership of their education, Abrome will help save millions of lives, and in the process change the world.

Antonio earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy, an M.B.A. from Stanford University, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.

Click here to join Mysteries and More online or come to Westbank and join us in person. This meeting is scheduled to take place downstairs in the Macklin Room. Please check the calendar for updates.

If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.

Interested in investigating some cryptic crimes with other mystery lovers? Come to the Mysteries and More Book Club every third Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. on Zoom! Led by library staff, you’ll join other amateur agents and bloodhound bookworms to talk suspects, motives, alibis, and cracking the case.

This group is on hiatus in November and December

2023 Selections:

• January 18^th: The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
• February 15^th: Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik
• March 15^th: Death of a Cozy Writer (St. Just Mysteries #1) by GM Malliet
• April 19^th: Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King
• May 17^th: The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club series) by Richard Osman
• June 21^st: Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot #13) by Agatha Christie
• July 19^th: Slow Horses (Slough House #1) by Mick Herron
• August 16^th: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell mystery) by Deanna Raybourn
• September 20^th: Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen
• October 18^th: The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

Please read these ground rules ahead of the conversation:

• Please keep your camera on for the discussion and provide your name.
• Mute if there is background noise.
• Respect the privacy of others by not reporting what you hear in this conversation with any specificity or attribution.
• Be respectful and listen when others are speaking.
• Allow everyone’s voice to be heard that wants to be heard.

This month, Women in Print is being offered simultaneously online and in-person.

Click here to join Women in Print, online or come to Westbank Library to join us in-person.

If you’re having difficulties, please refer to Zoom’s support information. Westbank Library is unable to provide tech assistance during the program. Please contact questions@westbanklibrary.com if you would like to schedule tech help or if you would like additional information regarding this library program.

Led by library staff, this book club reads and discusses books focusing on women’s perspective of the world. Their reading list includes literary fiction, non-fiction, and some classic titles. Join the group on the fourth Saturday of the month at 3 p.m and on the third Saturday of the month in May, November and December.

2023 Reading Selections

• January 28^th: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: a novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• February 25^th: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
• March 25^th: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• April 22^nd: Euphoria: a novel by Lily King
• May 20^th: The Measure: a novel by Nikki Erlick
• June 24^th: Lessons in Chemistry: a novel by Bonnie Garmus
• July 22^nd: Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson
• August 26^th: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
• September 23^rd: The Good Wife of Bath: a (mostly) true story by Karen Stormer Brooks
• October 28^th: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau: a novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• November 18^th: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
• December 16^th: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Please read these ground rules ahead of the conversation:

• Please keep your camera on for the discussion and provide your name.
• Mute if there is background noise.
• Respect the privacy of others by not reporting what you hear in this conversation with any specificity or attribution.
• Be respectful and listen when others are speaking.
• Allow everyone’s voice to be heard that wants to be heard.