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Running a Topical Silent Book Club

Running a Topical Silent Book Club
Got a hobby or special interest? Macrame? Scrimshaw? Deep sea diving? Interested in combining that interest with a Silent Book Club? As the first topical Silent Book Club, we wanted to share some tips on how to combine your desire to gather a community, with a desire for introversion and companionable silence. Continue reading

SBC is coming to town

SBC is coming to town

This has been a big week for us here at Silent Book Club. We announced the launch of three (!) new chapters in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Jacksonville, and we joined forces with Silent Reading Party PDX to connect book lovers in Portland, OR. 

And we're only just getting started. Our goal is to make Silent Book Club a global community, bringing readers together in cafés and bars all over the world. We believe in the power of books to transform a public space into a zone of tranquility. Where laptops and phones are replaced by paperbacks and ereaders. Where the ever-present pings of work email are silenced, if only for an hour or two. Where being alone together means engaging in a communal activity, not sacrificing real life relationships for the dopamine hit of social media. Where no one needs wifi.

Silent Book Club is about being present, rediscovering the restorative power of single-tasking, and carving out space in our busy lives to simply read for pleasure. Enough with the always-on. We choose off. We choose books.

We've been floored by the outpouring of enthusiasm for Silent Book Club. New SBC chapters are in the works for Seattle, Vancouver, San Diego, Honolulu, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Stay tuned for dates and locations.

Ready to join us? We're here to help you start a Silent Book Club in your town. Anyone can do it, and everyone is welcome. Just drop us a line.

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New Fall Lineup!

New Fall Lineup!

We're thrilled to announce a new fall lineup for Silent Book Club! From Michigan to Florida and California to New York, introvert happy hours are sweeping the nation.

When we started Silent Book Club, our vision was to create a movement founded on the principle that real-life connections matter more than ever in today's digital world. Our social lives are governed by algorithms, texting has replaced the sound of a human voice, and email crawls into bed with us at night. Too rarely do we take the time to disconnect, to carve a few hours out of the day to sit quietly and not work

With Silent Book Club, we wanted to lower the bar on book clubs. No assigned reading, no discussion guides, no pretty plated snacks or Pinterest potlucks. Just a bunch of like-minded book lovers doing what we do best: reading.

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Since January, Silent Book Club has expanded to 15 cities (and counting). Our monthly meetups are hosted entirely by volunteers, and more than 2,000 members have joined the club. And we're growing fast. It turns out that reading with friends is catching. We couldn't be more delighted.

Join us at one of our upcoming meetups, or send us a note if you'd like to start a new chapter in your town. It's easy

Bring a book, bring a friend, and just read.

 

Monday, September 26
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
Sacramento, CA
Phoenix, AZ (in partnership with Changing Hands Bookstore)
Austin, TX
Lansing, MI
Des Moines, IA
Manhattan, KS (Weds, 9/28, with Manhattan Public Library)

New in October:
Columbus, OH
Jacksonville, FL (with Jacksonville Public Library)
Birmingham, AL
San Jose, CA
Boston, MA

 

 

 

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