

You can’t have a club without a place to meet! So what qualifies as a good venue? Here’s what I aimed for:

The first thing I did upon deciding to start a Silent Book Club was scout out a good venue.

Reading has so many benefits-and it’s so much fun when it’s silent and social at the same time! The more successful chapters there are out there, the better. I also hope it will help you if you are a current Silent Book Club leader striving to keep the momentum going in your already existing club. I hope that this post about how to organize and host a book club will help you if you are curious about how to start a book club of your own. During this time, I’ve learned a lot about what works in attracting people to my club and keeping them coming-and what doesn’t work. If you're also in search of some fun ways to make your book club a great time for everyone, you're in luck! Make sure to spend time getting to know everyone in your group, don't be afraid to switch up your initial rules and routines, and follow these 10 steps: 1.I’ve been organizing and hosting a local chapter of Silent Book Club for two and a half years. Now that I'm out in the adult world, I've been looking for ways to make book clubs less static and academic, more fun and easy-going. After getting a degree in writing, my classes felt like being in four or five different book clubs at once, and I loved it. They're about listening to different points of view and how everyone interpreted metaphors or themes. Book clubs can be intense, but they don't have to be.īook clubs are all about exploring new books as a group and asking interesting questions. There's also deadlines to have books finished by and events to host. How could things go wrong? Unfortunately, setting up rules and choosing books maybe everyone doesn't agree on can make things feel stressed. You're meeting new people, reading new books, talking about stories and authors for hours. Starting or joining a book club is initially exciting.
