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Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee

Reading Iain Crichton Smith
2025-11-20 13:00:00 2025-11-20 14:00:00 America/New_York Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee Join participants from Alexandria & our Sister City, Dundee, Scotland for a virtual discussion of two short stories, "The Telegram" & "Mother and Son," by Scottish author and poet Iain Crichton Smith. Virtual -

Thursday, November 20
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-20 13:00:00 2025-11-20 14:00:00 America/New_York Trans-Atlantic Book Club: Alexandria & Dundee Join participants from Alexandria & our Sister City, Dundee, Scotland for a virtual discussion of two short stories, "The Telegram" & "Mother and Son," by Scottish author and poet Iain Crichton Smith. Virtual -

Join participants from Alexandria & our Sister City, Dundee, Scotland for a virtual discussion of two short stories, "The Telegram" & "Mother and Son," by Scottish author and poet Iain Crichton Smith.

Participants will be emailed a .PDF copy of the short stoires after registration. 

Learn more about Alexandria's Sister Cities and find other upcoming Sister Cities events here. 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | Sister Cities | online book club | book club |

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Join participants from Alexandria & our Sister City, Dundee, Scotland for a virtual discussion of two short stories, "The Telegram" & "Mother and Son," by Scottish author and poet Iain Crichton Smith.Register
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