Food for Thought: A Culinary Book Club

Sun Mar 08 2026 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm UTC-06:00

Edmonton Public Library - Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown) | Edmonton Public Library

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Food for Thought: A Culinary Book Club
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Have you read a book that was originally published in another language? We will be making and eating dumplings to accompany our discussion
About this Event

Indulge in your passion for literature and cuisine at a unique book club where we combine the love of reading with the love of food! For March, instead of everyone reading the same book, we're going to read different books based on a specific theme. Come ready to talk about the book you have read and get some new ideas for your own reading. We are still going to be making and eating a delicious snack inspired by the monthly theme. Don't miss out on this opportunity to bond with fellow book-lovers over a shared love of literature and food.
The March theme is translations. Come ready to talk about a book that you have read that was originally published in another language.
To accompany our book talks we will be assembling, cooking and eating gyoza with dipping sauce.
Here's some book suggestions if you need them. All these titles are available at the Library.

  • Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, 2024 - Originally published in the Kannada language. English translation by Deepa Bhasthi 2025.
  • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, 2011 - Originally published in Italian. English translation by Ann Goldstein
  • The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin, 2006 - Originally published in Mandarin Chinese. English translation by Ken Liu 2014
  • Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel. by Olga Tokarczuk, 2009 Originally published in Polish. English translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, 2018.
  • Beauty Is a Wound: A Novel. by Eka Kurniawan, 2002 - Originally published in Indonesian. English translation by Annie Tucker 2015.
  • The Vegetarian: a Novel by Han Kang, 2015. Originally published in Korean. English translation by Deborah Smith 2016.
  • A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 2012. Originally published in Swedish. English translation by Henning Koch 2013.
  • Celestial Bodies: A Novel by Jokha Alharthi, 2010 - Originally published in Arabic. English translation by Marilyn Booth 2018.
  • Snow by Orhan Pamuk, 2002. Originally published in Turkish. English translation by Maureen Freely 2004 .

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Edmonton Public Library - Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton Public Library, Canada

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