PORT ANGELES — The public can try out the sport of rowing for free Saturday.
The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association will mark National Learn to Row Day from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 1431 Ediz Hook in Port Angeles.
Rowing will be offered to people age 11 and older. Boathouse tours will be conducted. Instruction on rowing machines will be offered and registration taken for youth summer clinics and adult classes.
For more information, email cbrastad@olypen.com or see www.oprarowing.org.
Book groups
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles library, 2210 S. Peabody St., currently hosts three monthly book discussion groups for adults that will be open throughout the summer.
The 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Group meets at 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Book topics are a mix of contemporary and historical fiction, classics and non-fiction.
Page2Screen meets at 6:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month. It is a book-to-film discussion group that explores themes and issues in classic and contemporary books, memoirs, medicine and history, and the movies inspired by them with an optional film screening prior to the meetings.
The Port Angeles Literary Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. The group reads a wide variety of contemporary and award-winning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, classics and graphic novels.
Summer book titles
The 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Group:
■ “The Soul of an Octopus” by Sy Montgomery in June.
■ “The Girl who Wrote in Silk” by Kelly Estes in July.
■ “Skeleton Crew” by Deborah Halber in August.
Page2Screen:
■ “Wrinkles” by Paco Roca in June.
■ “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro in July.
■ “The Martian” by Andy Weir in August.
The Port Angeles Literary Society:
■ “If Oceans Were Ink” by Carla Power in June.
■ “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley in July.
■ “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson in August.
Each book discussion group is facilitated by a library volunteer and is supported by the Port Angeles Friends of the Library.
To participate in the groups, read the book listed for the month and attend the discussion. No reservations are required and drop-ins are welcome.
A limited number of copies of each book may be available at the library the month prior to each meeting. For alternative formats including large print, book on CD, or downloadable print or audio, ask library staff about availability.
To view a complete list of the 2016 book selections, visit www.nols.org.
For more information, visit www.nols.org, phone 360-417-8500 or email Cheryl Martin at cmartin@nols.org.
