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Phoenix Book Club: Red Rising

Yardley community

The bookshop's science fiction and fantasy group takes on Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Sunday evening, an hour, on South Main. Read it or come listen, nobody checks.

When: Sun, Oct 11 · 6:00 PM–7:00 PM Where: Commonplace Reader, 49 South Main Street, Yardley

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Carolina Wrens Club at Commonplace Reader

community

Tue, Sep 8 · 3:00 PM · Commonplace Reader

Second Tuesday afternoon club at the bookshop, actively looking for new members. Recent reading has run to literary fiction. Porch in good weather, upstairs room otherwise.

Carrion Crows Club at Commonplace Reader

community

Wed, Sep 9 · 6:00 PM · Commonplace Reader

The horror club. Second Wednesday evenings on the porch of the Main Street bookshop, six o'clock, reading the spooky end of the shelf all year rather than just in October.

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Behind the Scenes Tours: Fonthill Castle From Tower to Crypt

Doylestown history

Wed, Oct 7 · 9:30 AM–2:30 PM · Fonthill Castle

Ninety minutes off the normal route through Henry Mercer's concrete castle: tower stairs, hidden passageways, the rooms the standard tour skips. Steep and dark in places, age fourteen and up.

Teddy Bear Story Time (Age 2)

Souderton kids

Wed, Oct 7 · 9:30 AM–10:00 AM · Community Room

A short Wednesday morning storytime built for two year olds and whatever bear they brought along. Thirty minutes of stories and songs, then time to play.

Senator Comitta Mobile Office Hours

Coatesville community

Wed, Oct 7 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM · Coatesville Area Public Library

Staff from the state senator's district office set up at the library to help with PennDOT paperwork, property tax and rent rebates, PACE cards and SEPTA passes. No appointment.