
Upcoming Events
February 1, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
Winterblast Festival in Royal Oak
We invite you to join Greater Detroit ΦBK members for a fun time at the Winterblast Festival in Royal Oak. The event is free to attend, but there will be some additional costs. Meet us in front of the Royal Oak Public Library, dress warm and come join us at this fun celebration of the winter season. ​
Please RSVP here.
February 12, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Virtual Winter Book Club
We invite you to join Greater Detroit ΦBK members for a thoughtful discussion of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens'; anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.
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Please RSVP here.​ Guests of PBK members are welcome to join us.
February 20, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Virtual Game Night
Join the Young Professional for a fun virtual game night! We will be playing Jack Box games and getting to know one another! Hop on the Zoom meeting at 7pm on February 20th! We look forward to meeting you!
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​Eventbrite link to RSVP will be coming soon.