Afternoon Book Club

About this event

Adults (18+), Older Adults. Join us on the following Monday afternoons to discuss books in a friendly and social atmosphere: September 14th, October 19th, November 9th, and December 14th. This month we will be reading Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Martyr! is the 2024 debut novel by Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar. It is a New York Times bestseller and the paper's 2024 "Best Books of the Year So Far." It was a finalist for the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel follows Cyrus Shams, a newly sober, queer, Iranian-American who becomes consumed with the idea of martyrdom. With the musculature of poetry and incandescent ideas, images, and humour, the novel is an inedible and haunted searching. Guided by the voices of lost artists, poets, and kings, Cyrus embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Participants can borrow a copy of the book from the Woodside Square branch upon registration. Information Collection Notice: The personal information on this form is collected by the Toronto Public Library under the Public Libraries Act, sections 20(a), 20(c), and 20(d). The information will only be used for event and program registration, delivery and evaluation. Questions about how the library handles your information can be directed to Answerline staff at [email protected], 416-397-5981, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto ON M4W 2G8.