The HLAA-TC Book Club meets every month throughout the year on the fourth Tuesday of the month. We alternate between reading fiction and nonfiction books each month and our selections often deal with hearing loss, deafness or disability. We are meeting virtually on Zoom and have had several authors and special guests join us to discuss the books. We meet in the evenings on Zoom (with computer/AI captions). For more information about the book club, please email Laura Hagemann (HLAA-TC Social Media Specialist) at social@hlaatc.org. You can always find more information about what we are reading and when on our Book Club Page. You can also find what books we’ve already read and guests we’ve had. See below for the 2024 reading order.

Links to register for Zooms get put on our homepage at https://www.hlaatc.org/ a month prior to the book club. All other links can be found on our Meeting page or on our Book Club Page.

2024 Order:

Now Reading, February 2024: “The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales” by Oliver Sacks. BARD: DB 23901. FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, FEBRUARY 27, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.  [ZOOM-REGISTER HERE] 

Future Books:

March 2024: ”The Silent House” By Nell Pattison (fiction) BARD/NLS: DB 111629. Tuesday, March 26th, 7:00pm – 8:30pm (CST) [ZOOM REGISTER HERE]

APRIL 2024: “Walk in my shoes: An anthology on Usher Syndrome” (nonfiction) edited by Charlotte DeWitt,  (Nonfiction) NLS: DB 86887 (audio) and BR 21946 (Braille). Tuesday, APRIL 23, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

MAY 2024: “The Sign for Home” by Blair Fell (fiction) BARD/NLS: In process: Braille BR 24152; BARD: DB 11605. Tuesday, MAY 28, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

JUNE 2024: “But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World” by Claudia Marseille [book not in BARD but author will be attending and audiobook will be released when the book is]. To be released May 14, 2024, you can pre-order on Amazon. Tuesday, JUNE 25, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

JULY 2024: “The Dolphin House” by Audrey Schulman BARD/NLS: DB 110165. Tuesday, JULY 23, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

AUGUST 2024: “Reflections from a different journey : what adults with disabilities wish all parents knew/ edited by Stanley D. Klein and John D. Kemp ; foreword by Marlee Matlin; BARD:  DB 58425. Tuesday, AUGUST 27, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

SEPTEMBER 2024: “Resurrection Bay” By Emma Viskic BARD/NLS: DB 110305 Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 24, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

OCTOBER 2024: “The unheard: a memoir of deafness and Africa” by Josh Swiller (nonfiction/memoir) BARD/NLS: BARD only: DB 67060. Tuesday, OCTOBER 22, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

NOVEMBER 2024: “Deaf Republic” by Ilya Kaminsky (Poems). Ilya Kaminsky’s astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence? BARD/NLS: Yes, Braille: BR 22694, BARD: DB 94920. Tuesday, NOVEMBER 26, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

DECEMBER 2024: “Sitting pretty: the view from my ordinary, resilient, disabled body” by Rebekah Taussig (nonfiction), BARD: DB 101063. Tuesday, DECEMBER 24, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link To Come]. (Zoom Meeting)

As guests are arranged for upcoming book clubs that will be announced on our website, Facebook page, Instagram and LinkedIn pages. Any questions about book club, please contact Laura Hagemann social@hlaatc.org