Every event is hosted by a real person who has read the book. Attendance is capped so the conversation stays a conversation rather than a broadcast.
Reading: In Cold Blood
A ninety minute conversation about family silence, structure, and the letters that reshape the second half of the novel. Reader questions take the final half hour.
Reading: The Help
Spoiler-heavy discussion of the final third. Come with a theory and be prepared to lose it politely.
Reading: The Catcher in the Rye
Members read one poem each aloud. No analysis required, though it usually happens anyway.
The bracket is revealed live, matchups open for voting, and each entered author gets sixty seconds to make their case.
A practical session on pacing and restraint for members who write as well as read. Limited places.
“The author evening was the best conversation I have had about a book in years, and I did not have to leave my kitchen for it.”
“I picked this up because of the group read and it turned into the best reading month I have had all year. The characters kept surfacing while I was doing dishes, which is my only real test for a book.”
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