The World Wide What Book Club travels to the forefront of global storytelling. With a focus on recently released works alongside enduring classics, our selections span continents, offering new bearings and diverse voices from around the world. Hosted by First Light book buyer Sam Ackerman. March selection: Barley Patch by Gerald Murnane (Australia). Meets Friday, March 28th at 7pm.

The About Motherhood Book Club explores the personal complexities of being a mother, femininity, and domestic life. We’ll use the landmark text Of Woman Born by poet Adrienne Rich as companion text to novels, memoirs and beyond that plumb the joys, grief, indecision, curiosities, and love of motherhood. Hosted by First Light general manager and partner Breezy Mayo. March selection: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson. Meets Wednesday, March 26th at 7pm.

The Small & Indie Book Club highlights emerging and avant-garde novels from thoughtful independent presses across the US. Consider this a club of literary discovery: new writers, lesser-publicized works, hyper fresh voices. Hosted by First Light bookseller Annie Tate Cockrum. March selection: The Babysitter at Rest by Jen George. Meets Tuesday, March 25th at 7pm.

The Future Greats Book Club explores the evolving and enduring nature of “great novels” in modern times. We’ll read frontlist and recent contemporary fiction with ambitious scope and cultural zeitgeist – books that we think will be read for a long, long time. Hosted by First Light partner Taylor Bruce. March and April selection: The Antidote by Karen Russell. Meets Monday, April 28th at 7pm.