The Metropolis Public Library has informed WMOK that the BOOK CLUB will no longer be meeting the 1st & 3rd Tuesday’s @ 10:00 a. m. each month.
Watch for NEW info regarding a Book Club in the FALL on the Metropolis Public Library’s Facebook page.
Metropolis Public Library Director Rosemary Baxter told WMOK over our series of regular Coffee Break discussions that the community had displayed interest in starting a Book Club at the Metropolis Public Library. Meetings were held in April to gauge interest and the Book Club began meeting in May.
For more information on the book club you can call the Metropolis Library at 618-524-4312
Hear our discussion directly below with Director Baxter from May – Beneath that our discussion in June in which Brenda Hill updated us on the Book Club
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