The global community, in which people come together to silently read and then discuss books, is a new take on the traditional book club Founders Laura Gluhanich and Guinevere de la Mare spoke with ...
NEW YORK – A Wednesday night at Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn is an introverted reader’s dream with cushioned chairs, ambient music, snacks, books and – for an hour – absolutely no talking. This is a ...
Readers in one Massachusetts book club spend an hour each month uniting in complete silence, and they are usually reading different books. “It is a sapphic, medieval horror," said Jessie Wright, ...
Forget the frantic dash to finish a assigned book, the pressure to articulate profound literary insights, or the awkward silences when no one has actually read the chapter. The Silent Book Club flips ...
Reading is a fundamental part of our daily lives. For many, reading books leisurely is a way to escape from the worries of the world. For Woodland native Maggie Preciado, reading books has been an ...
While rainy, cold weather can be a perfect time to sit down and settle into a new book, finding a quiet place to read can be challenging, especially during the holiday season. Silent Book Club aims to ...
Annie Lincoln, a 35-year-old dental lab technician, said she struggles to find silence in her day-to-day life. Her world is filled with noise as she runs a business and takes care of her family – not ...
After a six-year reading drought, I found the best way to get back to my to-be-read list: Silent Book Club. The Lancaster Public Library event, hosted every third Monday of the month at Our Town ...
Every month, members of Santa Rosa’s Silent Book Club get together at a local bar or restaurant, sit together in silence, and just read. Each of the participants brings their own book. Some drink or ...
Upon walking into the brewery, we find bartenders slinging snifters filled with IPAs and lagers to people sitting and talking on tall, orange barstools. Garage punk music lilts in the background. But ...
On the third Wednesday of every month, around 50 members of the Baton Rouge community gather to read, drink and ignore each other. Patrons, Tere and James Hyfield owners of Red Stick Reads, at Pelican ...