The University Book Club is reading “Arrowood” by Laura McHugh this spring, an eerie tale set in Keokuk, Iowa. The book is available for checkout at Cowles Library.

The club will meet Tuesday, April 3, at 4:45 p.m. at Smokey Row to discuss the book. Faculty and staff are invited to join.

Contact ascspecialevents@drake.edu if you are interested in participating in the discussion, to receive future book club information directly to your email, or if you have any questions.

In addition, the book club is accepting book selection ideas for the next fiscal year. Please send book suggestions to ascspecialevents@drake.edu.

Previous selections include:

• “The Kind Worth Killing” by Peter Swanson
• “Thirteen Ways of Looking”  by Colum McCann
• “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown
• “The Nest” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
• “Hidden Figures” by Margo Lee Shetterly
• “Bottomland” by Michelle Hoover
• “Modern Romance” by Aziz Ansari
• “The Alice Network” by Kate Quinn
• “Arrowood” by Laura McHugh (current selection)
• “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand (upcoming summer selection)

— All Staff Council, Special Events Committee