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Spotlight: SBC Berkley Launches a Lending Library!

Spotlight: SBC Berkley Launches a Lending Library!

Guest post by Katie Dehn, Berkley SBC co-host

Our Berkley SBC Chapter has a new way to share books beyond our monthly meetups—a community Lending Library right inside Mother Handsome, the Oak Park, MI café that’s been our chapter’s home for over a year. Over countless gatherings, the Berkley chapter has built a wonderful relationship with Mother Handsome—hosting cozy reading nights, quiet conversations, and even the Silent Book Club 10th Anniversary Readathon with four other local chapters. So when co-host Katie Dehn reached out to co-owner Brooke Zadorsky about starting a small library for the community, Brooke immediately said yes, excited to help bring the idea to life.

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Silent Book Club's 10 Largest SBC Chapters

Silent Book Club's 10 Largest SBC Chapters

A decade of community, connection, and quiet moments shared — and a few gatherings so big, they could fill an entire park or beach. These are the chapters that have drawn the largest crowds and built the biggest followings around the world.

Over the past ten years, Silent Book Club has grown from a small idea among friends to a global movement with more than 2,000 chapters in 60+ countries. While every group carries its own rhythm, these ten chapters have shown just how far a simple act — reading together in silence — can reach.

From Georgia, USA to Indonesia to South Africa, these are the readers turning cities into libraries and strangers into friends.

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Kicking off the Global Readathon on the TODAY Show!

Kicking off the Global Readathon on the TODAY Show!

We officially kicked off Silent Book Club’s 10th Anniversary Readathon live on the TODAY Show from Rockefeller Plaza! 

Joining forces with Jenna Bush Hager, the founder of the Read with Jenna Book Club, SBC cofounders Laura and Guinevere hosted a special Silent Book Club NYC meetup at the Ned NoMad with local organizers, librarians, and booksellers from New York CityBrooklynMonmouth CountyWantaghBergen CountyGlen CoveCherry HillHauppaugeBeaconNorthportRiverheadPort JeffSpring Lake, and more. Everyone brought their books for a cozy read with the TODAY Show host (and new publisher!) earlier this week.

On Thursday, we brought our books and arrived bright and early (7am!) to pull up an Adirondack chair outside the TODAY Show studios at Rockefeller Center. It was a blustery 40 degrees out, the first cold day of fall, but that didn't stop our dedicated readers from powering through their pages in the company of Jenna and co-hosts Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, and a crowd of onlookers. It was the best birthday present we could imagine for our 10th, and we're so grateful to the TODAY Show team for putting together a beautiful tribute to our community.

We hope it inspired many new readers to find a local meetup this weekend during our Global Readathon! More than 200 local chapters in 28 countries are participating, and you can find a directory of locations on our website.

Plus, if you're looking for reading materials, you can try out a free 30-day subscription to our partner Everand for ebooks and audiobooks! We've even got VIP book recommendations from some of SBC members' favorite authors to help you choose what to read. 

Happy reading!

 

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