The Banner Book Club

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The Banner Book Club celebrates local Maryland writers and their books. Moderated by a Banner journalist, we host a monthly live book club gathering at our offices with the author in-person. It’s a great opportunity to dive into the book with the author and fellow book club members, where you can share in the thoughtful conversation and questions on the books.

By registering with your name and email, you’ll receive advance notice of our book review date, ensuring you don’t miss this engaging discussion. The Banner Book Club is your chance to connect with fellow readers, explore Baltimore’s literary heritage, and engage with the trusted journalism that drives positive change in Maryland.

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Up Next: A Silent Treatment: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

A Silent Treatment: A Memoir:  Jeannie Vanasco's mother starts using the silent treatment not long after moving into the renovated apartment within Jeannie's home. The silences begin at any perceived slight. Her shortest period of silence lasts two weeks. Her longest, six months. As Vanasco guides us through her mother's childhood, their shared past, and the devastating silence of their present, she paints a layered, complicated portrait of a mother and daughter looking, failing, and--in big and small ways--succeeding to understand each other. In the margins of her research, at her kitchen table with her partner, in phone calls to friends, and in delightful hey google queries, Vanasco explores the loneliness and isolation of silence as punishment, both in her own life and beyond it, and confronts her greatest fear: that her mother will never speak to her again.

"A Silent Treatment confronts both the complexity of family and the quandary of capturing a family's shapeshifting and perplexing love, their truthful and devoted love, in the amber of memoir." – Megha Majumdar, best-selling author of A Guardian and a Thief

Join fellow book club members as they discuss the book with the author Jeannie Vanasco in-person,

Event Date: October 20, 2026, 6-7PM

Registration: If you're not already registered for The Banner Book Club, please be sure to register for the book club, as well as the specific event on October 20th if you plan on joining us for the discussion in person.

Location: Spark Flex Lounge, 4th Floor, 621 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202

Parking: Our building is located adjacent to the Baltimore Aquarium. The best place to park is Pier 5 Parking. Spark Flex will provide free parking validation for Pier 5 Parking only.