You are invited to the library’s exclusive after-hours event for readers! Summer Sizzlers: Booktalks & Mocktails is on Friday, June 12, 7:00 p.m.

Photo from the 2025 Summer Sizzlers event. Photo provided by the Reading Public Library.

Reading Public Library, (RPL) Reading, MA—At Summer Sizzlers, the literary event of the year, seven booktalkers will share their reviews of hot new titles in a buzzy event that’s like a speed date with books.

Enjoy refreshing mocktails from the Friends of the Reading Public Library, then sit back and get your TBR list ready for summer with book reviews by library staff and Whitelam Books owner Liz Whitelam. Then, after the event, check out a few of your favorites to get started.

Summer Sizzlers happens after-hours doors open at 6:30pm. Grab your friends, tell your book club bestie, and arrive early for your choice of seats. You’ll love Reading’s signature social event of the year for readers! See you there!

This event is generously sponsored by The Friends of the Reading Library and is part of the Reading Public Library's summer reading initiative “Reading is Revolutionary.”

Flyer by the Reading Public Library.