Book Club Meeting(WCFL)
2025-10-25 00:00 (America/New_York) | Washington County Free Library, Boonsboro Free Library Branch, 401 Potomac St, Boonsboro, MD, 21713, United States
“Kin” OMOB Discussion

Norrisville Morning Book Discussion Group
2025-10-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Harford County Public Library, Norrisville Library, 5310 Norrisville Road, White Hall, MD, 21161, United States
Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “Kin: Rooted in Hope”, by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Free copies of the 2025 OMOB selection will be available at all HCPL locations this summer, while supplies last. Please call your favorite branch to check on book availability. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library.

Book Discussion
2025-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Enoch Pratt Free Library, Roland Park Branch, 5108 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States

Diverse Voices Book Club: Kin
2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:30 | Carroll County Public Library, Westminster Branch, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Join us for a monthly book discussion focusing on a diverse author’s work. Each month, we will select a young adult or adult title written by an author from a diverse background so we can learn from others’ perspectives. Our October selection is the 2025 One Maryland One Book title, Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Attendees are welcome to attend in person at CCPL’s Westminster Branch or virtually through Zoom.

One Maryland One Book Discussion: Kin, Rooted in Hope
2025-10-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Wicomico Public Library, Paul S. Sarbanes Branch, 122 S. Division St., Salisbury, MD, 21801, United States
Join us for an engaging discussion of Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford — the 2025 One Maryland One Book selection.
📍 Paul S. Sarbanes Branch, Wicomico Public Library
📅 Tuesday, October 28th at 5:30 PM
This powerful work of verse and illustration brings to life the stories of the Weatherford family’s ancestors — from enslavement through the Civil War and Reconstruction, concluding in the 1920s. Kin: Rooted in Hope beautifully reflects this year’s theme: What We Collect, What We Tell.
Come explore a compelling narrative of resilience, history, and legacy. All are welcome!
One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities, sponsored by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library Agency.

Owings Mills Book Club: One Maryland One Book
2025-10-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Baltimore County Public Library, Owings Mills Branch, 10302 Grand Central Avenue, Owings Mills, MD, 21117, United States
Join us for a lively discussion of Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford. A limited number of free books available. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities and the Maryland Center for the Book, sponsored by The Institute of Museum and Library Services via the Maryland State Library Agency.

Book Discussion: “Kin: Rooted in Hope” by Carole Boston Weatherford and art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Laurel Branch, 507 7th Street, Laurel, MD, 20707, United States
Join a thoughtful conversation about “Kin: Rooted in Hope” by Carole Boston Weatherford. Share your insights, hear different perspectives, and connect with fellow readers. A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author’s ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland’s Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.

OMOB Book Discussion-Kin: Rooted in Hope
2025-10-28 20:00 - 21:00 | Calvert Library, Prince Frederick Branch, 850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick, MD, 20678, United States
Hybrid in form, and even more expansive in what it has to say, “Kin: Rooted in Hope” is a book created by, and about, a Black family and its generations.Poet and children’s author Carole Boston Weatherford and her son, artist Jeffery Boston Weatherford, collaborated on this book that gives voice to their earliest enslaved ancestors back to the founding of Maryland. With each poem and its accompanying illustration, Carole and Jeffery tell their family story through each of their kin and the world they lived in: the Chesapeake Bay, the plantation house, Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman, and more. The selection committee was enthralled by how Kin uses art and poetry to illuminate what can’t be said by historical records (when they are available), in a vital story that is about Maryland?s past and its present.Place a hold on Kin: Rooted in Hope. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library.

Book Discussion
2025-11-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Cecil County Public Library, Elkton Branch, 301 Newark Avenue, Elkton, MD, 21921, United States
Join us to discuss this year’s Maryland Humanities One Maryland One Book selection, Kin: Rooted in Hope
by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Harford Community College Book Discussion
2025-11-05 14:30 - 15:30 | Harford Community College, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, MD, 21015, United States
Join in to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “Kin: Rooted in Hope”, by Carole Boston Weatherford with art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. This book discussion will be held on the campus of HCC in Edgewood Hall, Room 132. It will be led by an HCC Librarian with a short presentation by HCC Professor and Director of the Harford Civil Rights Projects, Dr. James Karmel. Free copies of the 2025 OMOB selection will be available this summer at the Harford Community College Library, while supplies last. Light refreshments will be served. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library.

Hereford Book Club: One Maryland One Book
2025-11-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Baltimore County Public Library, Hereford Branch, 16940 York Road, Hereford, MD, 21111, United States

Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting
2025-11-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Montgomery County Public Libraries, Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, United States
Teens are invited to join the Quince Orchard Library’s TAB group as they discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Cockeysville Book Club: One Maryland One Book
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Baltimore County Public Library, Cockeysville Branch, 9833 Greenside Drive, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
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Chevy Chase Parent-Child Book Club
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Montgomery County Public Libraries, Chevy Chase Library, 8005 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
Parents & Children are invited to sign-up together to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford

Book Discussion
2025-11-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Enoch Pratt Free Library, Waverly Branch, 400 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States

Book Discussion
2025-11-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Branch, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States

Book Discussion: One Maryland One Book - Kin
2025-11-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Largo-Kettering Branch, 9601 Capital Lane, Largo, MD, 20774, United States
Join a thoughtful conversation about the 2025 One Maryland One Book selection: “Kin: Rooted in Hope” by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Share your insights, hear different perspectives, and connect with fellow readers.

Twinbrook Book Discussion Group
2025-11-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Montgomery County Public Libraries, Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville, MD, 20851, United States
We invite you to join us for an online discussion of this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

OMOB Special Teen Book Discussion
2025-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | MD
We invite Teens to join us for a special, one-time, in-person discussion of this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

African American Authors Book Club
2025-12-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Montgomery County Public Libraries, Germantown Library, 19840 Century Boulevard, Germantown, MD, 20874, United States
Join Germantown Library’s African American Authors Book Club as we discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.

Montgomery County Community Book Discussion Group
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Montgomery County Public Libraries, Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States
We invite you to join us, in-person or online, for a hybrid discussion of this year’s One Maryland One Book, Kin Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford.
