Book Clubs, Anyone?
October 29, 2008 | 3:32 pm
I’ve decided to launch a local book club here on the Outer Cape, with monthly meetings, and I need your help! Yes, you, gentle reader. Who out there has started a book club? Who participates in one? I’m a relative neophyte (have actually belonged to more virtual groups than realtime ones), having once upon a time been in charge of a reading group through my place of employment, which happened to be a bookshop … with emphasis on the “once upon a time.”
So I turn to you. What are your experiences? What works, and what doesn’t? In particular …
- Can I mix fiction and nonfiction?
- How are authors and books selected?
- Is a dessert café a good venue? (I have one in mind: the Purple FeatherHow many people is considered a good size for a book discussion group?
- How long should the discussion last? One hour? Two? Open-ended?
- What questions have I forgotten to ask?
Do please comment here and tell me everything! When the next edition of Open Your Heart with Reading comes out, I’d love to be able to include a chapter on reading groups, and I’d love to have input!
Jeannette Cézanne
Open Your Heart with Reading
Posted by: reading, reading books, Reading toolkit, Opening the heart — jcezanne
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