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# SM library talks books
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sm-library-talks-books/
- Published: 2004-04-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:10:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Montana, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

If you want to be a better book club leader, the Santa Monica Public Library has just the seminar for you.

Rachel Jacobsohn will lead “How to Be an Effective Book Club Facilitator” on Thursday, April 22, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Montana Avenue Branch Library, located at 1704 Montana Ave.

Jacobsohn, founder of the Association of Book Group Readers and Leaders, is a nationally recognized professional facilitator of book discussion groups and is the author of “The Reading Group Handbook,” which explores issues pertinent to the book group phenomenon — including book selection, group dynamics and discussion.

Sponsored by the Santa Monica Public Library, BookBuffet.com and the California Center for the Book, the workshop is free and open to the public. Seating is limited to 50 people and is first come, first served. For more information, call (310) 458-8600.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 5, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040504.pdf?ref=smdp.com)