The events, known as the East to West Book Club, will feature discussions of books that focus on topics related to unique parts of each region’s history. On Sept. 19, the two libraries will meet to discuss “The Boys in the Boat,” a nonfiction book that follows the University of Washington’s rowing team competing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. On Nov. 14, readers from the two cities can meet again to discuss “Dark Tide,” a nonfiction book about the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, a disaster that killed 21 people and reportedly left a sweet smell in a city neighborhood for decades.

“It gives readers in both communities a chance to discuss a good book while also learning a little more about the history and character of the other region,” wrote Abigail Cooley, the director of the Everett Public Library, in an email Thursday.

It’s the first time the two library systems have come together to partner for a program, she wrote.

Aubri Skaggs-Brads, a librarian across the country at the city of Everett, Massachusetts, wrote in an email Thursday that they’ve always been aware of the Everett, Washington library because of occasional mix-ups confusing the two cities.

“We have gotten phone calls and emails from Washington residents, had the wrong library tagged in social media, and even received their books on a few occasions!” Skaggs-Brads wrote in an email. “After one of our local papers mixed up our logos, I figured it was time to reach out and see if they would be interested in a collaboration.”

Initially, the two libraries were thinking of keeping it simple, like making a shared social media post, but after meeting each other over video calls, “the ideas just kept coming,” Skaggs-Brads wrote.

Along with the book club events, the libraries are planning other ways for readers in both cities to connect with one another. Skaggs-Brads said librarians are planning to set up station at both libraries allowing patrons to write postcards to residents in the other Everett.

The libraries also created lists of book recommendations to give readers an opportunity to learn about topics in other Everett’s region, whether it’s the Pacific Northwest or New England.

“I’m really excited about this partnership, and the librarians in Washington have been wonderful to work with! I hope this is just the first event in a continued friendship between the two libraries,” Skaggs-Brads wrote.

Cooley said that no other events are formally planned, but she hopes that there will be other ways to collaborate with the other Everett library in the future. Just try not to get any cities mixed up.

“I think there’s something especially fun about taking what has occasionally been a source of confusion, messages and materials ending up at the wrong Everett, and turning it into a reason to connect,” Cooley wrote. “Libraries are good at bringing people together, and this project lets us do that across an entire continent.”

The East to West Book Club events are planned for 11 a.m. on Sept. 19 and Nov. 14. Registration is free: epls.org/signmeup.

Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; william.geschke@heraldnet.com; X: @willgeschke.