Book Clubs in County Kildare

Athy, Ballitore, Celbridge,  Clane, Kildare, Monasterevin, Naas, Newbridge, Maynooth and Rathangan libraries host adult book clubs. Kilcullen Community Library hosts a Baby Book Club. Meetings are usually held on a monthly basis, and times vary from morning to evening to suit as many people as possible.

Titles are supplied by Kildare Library & Arts Service, and they are circulated around the book clubs. Books are chosen by library staff, in consultation with book club members. Most groups are facilitated by library staff, while one group facilitates itself. Maynooth Library also hosts a Young Adult Review Group.

Athy Library Book Clubs

Athy Library currently runs two adult book clubs.They both meet once a month on the first Tuesday & the first Wednesday.

The Library offers the use of Book Club books to other Book Clubs that meet at other venues & books are also supplied to Children’s Book Clubs.

New members are always welcome. Contact Athy Community Library for more details.

Ballitore Library Book Clubs

The Book Worms Book Club meets at Ballitore Community Library every four to six weeks, depending on demand from it’s members. Meetings take place on Wednesday mornings from 11.00am.-12.30pm they are very relaxed & informal.Membership of the Club is open to all adult members of the library.

For more details contact Ballitore Library

Celbridge Library Book Clubs

Celbridge Community Library facilitates 6 adult book clubs.

Random Readers : meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 8pm.

Red or White: meet every 4th Wednesday of every month at 8pm.

The Pageturners: meet the 1st Friday of every month at 11am.

The Bookworms: meet on the 3rd Friday of every month at 11am.

The North Kildare Educate Together School: parents Book Club collect their books at the start of every month.

The Dream Book Club: from St. Raphaels meet every forthnight on Thursday mornings at 11am in the Library.

Celbridge Childrens' Book Club meets monthly after school  during term time.

10 - 12 year olds. Places availableEach group facilitates themselves. For more details contact Celbridge Community Library.

Clane Library Book Clubs

Clane Library Bookclub meets once a month.

For further details contact Clane Library.

Kilcullen Library Book Clubs

Kilcullen Community Library hosts a Baby Book Club every Tuesday.

For further details contact Kilcullen Library

Kildare Library Book Clubs

Kildare Town Library hosts four Book Clubs.

One meets on the first Thursday of the month from 7.00pm to 8.00pm.
One meets on the last Thursday of the month from 7.00pm to 8.00pm.
One meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

The Children's Book Club meets on the first Thursday of the month from 3.30pm to 4.00pm. 

For further details contact Kildare Community Library

Leixlip Library Book Clubs

Leixlip Library hosts 3 Book Clubs, which meet on the the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month and the last Tuesday of each month. The Tuesday Clubs meets between 7pm and 8pm while the Wednesday Club meets between 11am and12 noon. The last Tuesday of the month Club known as The Book Club for Armchair Detectives held its inaugural meeting on the 27th May.

The Book Clubs take a break during the months of July and August. Contact the library for details.

Maynooth Library Book Clubs

Maynooth Community Library hosts three adult Book Clubs, the original Club which meets once a month on Monday night, from 8pm to 10pm. The second Club, called the U3A Book Club meet every month during the day. The third club called the Saturday Afternoon Book Club meets once a month on a Saturday Afternoon. All Clubs run from September to June Inclusive.

For further information contact Maynooth Library

Naas Library Book Clubs

Naas Community Library hosts three adult Book Clubs.They were established in March 2004.

The first group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm until 8p.m

The second club meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 11am until 12pm.

The third club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm until 8pm.

All Book Clubs are facilitated by a staff member.

For further information contact Naas Community Library

Monasterevin Library Book Club

Monasterevin Library Book Club meets the first Thursday of the month at 7p.m

New members welcome. Please contact Monasterevin Library for more details.

Newbridge Library Book Clubs

Newbridge Community Library hosts two adult Book Club and two children’s Book Clubs.The adult club was established in 2004 and meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 7pm. to 8pm. The second bookclub meets on the last Wednesday of the month from 10.30 a.m to 11.30 a.m. The recently established children’s clubs meet on the third and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 3.30 to 4pm. All clubs are facilitated by a member of staff. Newbridge library also supplies books to book clubs in local primary schools as part of an outreach service.

For further information contact Newbridge Library

Rathangan Library Book Clubs

Rathangan Library hosts two Book Clubs “The Elder Lemons” who meet on the 1st Thursday of the month, and a second group, “The Young Ones", meet at a different venue every month.

For further details contact Rathangan Community Library.