Join our Virtual Book Club!

The Turn of the Screw

After the phenomenal success of last year’s Moby Dick Book Club, Historic Albany Foundation is once again partnering with Discover Albany and the New York State Writers Institute to offer an Albany-connected Book Club.

We’re excited to announce that 2020’s book will be ‘The Turn of the Screw’ by Henry James. This canonical piece of Gothic literature will be explored over 3 meetings virtually, and we invite everyone to join!

We will be conducting the meetings via Zoom from 5.30pm-6.30pm on Wednesday May 13th, May 27th, and June 3rd, and will be featuring expert speakers Krysta Dennis and Lara Whelan with each session being led once again by the wonderful Maeve Mceneny.

These will be free events - we just ask people to let us know if they're attending so we can email them the link to the meeting.

If you’re not sure how Zoom works of need any assistance, please email us so we can help

Moby Dick Book Club - Times Union Article

Did you read Rick Karlin's awesome article in the TU yesterday? Click here to check it out.

Join us tomorrow for our 5th Moby Dick Book Club if you enjoyed it - don't worry if you haven't been before - we love new faces!

We will be at C.H. Evans Brewing Albany Pump Station from 5.30-7.30pm with our guest speaker Duncan Crary.

Melville Fever Sweeps Albany

Part of the Capital Walls project, tucked behind Quackenbush Square is a new mural that commemorates the classic novel Moby Dick. Did you know it’s author, Helmin Melville, had a connection with this very city & attended Albany Academy?

It’s a topic we’ve often discussed at our White Whale Wednesdays, Moby Dick Book Club . Want to know more about this popular monthly event? Click here.