Held every other month during the academic year, these free hour-long virtual events are geared toward K-12 educators but open to all. Each event focuses on a recently published book with international content that was written for or accessible to elementary, middle, and/or high school students. Book selections include graphic novels, memoirs, chapter books, young adult fiction, and picture books. Participants are asked to read the book before attending the event. Each book club typically features a scholar, educator, or practitioner with expertise in the book’s subject area and invites attendees to participate in discussion.
Below you can see the books we’ve discussed and resources provided by our speakers to further explore topics. Many of our events are recorded and published on this site.
Upcoming Book Club Events
There are no upcoming events.
"There are amazing people writing amazing stories out there -- so grateful to be connected with IRIS NRC to learn about the stories being told that are non-dominant narratives."
Book Club Attendee & K-12 Educator
Past Events & Resources
2024
- International Book Club: Rethinking the Relationship Between Universities and Urban Communities
- International Book Club: Taiwanese Student Migrants and Cold War Activism with Wendy Cheng
- Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Youth in K-12 Classrooms
- Navigating Childhood and Conflict in ‘The Cat at the Wall’
2023
- The Dawn of Everything Book Club: Rethinking the Roots of Inequality
- The Dawn of Everything Book Club: The Revolution that Never Happened?
- The Dawn of Everything Book Club: Cities, Scale, and Political Hierarchy
- The Dawn of Everything Book Club: The Deep Past and the Political Present
- International Book Club: Mapping Abundance with Candace Fujikane
- International Book Club: Migration as Economic Imperialism with Immanuel Ness
2021
- Social Justice: Writing For, Writing Back
- Go Big Read book discussion
- Using Literature to Explore SDG 4: Quality Education
- Award-Winning and Outstanding Global Children's Literature
- The Hmong Journey: Seeing Me in You
- Found in Translation: How Language shapes our lives & transforms the world
- Stories from the Gambia with Alder Baldeh and Sister City Chair Kujabi
- Teaching about the Middle East and North Africa- Rethinking Approaches
- Invisible Communities and the Places We Ignore: A Writing Workshop