Online book club
"Books may well be the only true magic."
― Alice Hoffman
Connect with the Athabasca University community through this enriching initiative designed in celebration of AU’s 50th anniversary.
Join the conversation, expand your bookshelf, and explore topics related to personal growth, lifelong learning, and professional development in a private online forum.
Participation in the alumni book club is free. Simply pick up a copy of the current book at your library, local bookstore, or online. The group will read a book every two months - choose one or all, whatever works for your schedule.
More information and how to join can be found here.
The Leavers
By Lisa Ko
Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It’s a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past.
This powerful debut is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice.
By clicking the Sign Up button you will be redirected to AU’s Online Book Club administered by PCB Guru. This is a third-party service and by signing up you will be subject to the third-party’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Athabasca University will not be managing your profile or individual services provided through PBC Guru. Athabasca University will have administrative access to the Online Book Club to manage the portal and content specific to Athabasca University, including the wording of auto-reply emails sent by the third-party to individual users. It will also have access to some personal information of users only for the purposes of evaluating user engagement. Athabasca University will not collect, use or disclose any user personal information for any other purposes. By signing up for this service, you acknowledge that Athabasca University is authorized to collect and use your personal information for the stated purposes. If you have any questions related to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, please contact Tara Friesen, Manager, Alumni and Community Engagement at tfriesen@athabascau.ca or 403.294.7319.
Updated July 27, 2021 by Digital & Web Operations, University Relations (web_services@athabascau.ca)