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[close] About the Group Welcome! We’re a Vancouver-based reading crew for people who love the classics and want to read them in a friendly, low-pressure way. We rotate between plays (Shakespeare & friends), classic novels (Tolstoy, Austen, Ibsen, etc.), and a monthly Harvard Classics Coffee Club pick (short, actionable reads like Ben Franklin’s Autobiography). Think: big ideas, zero academic gatekeeping. Who this is for Readers who want thoughtful conversation without homework police People curious about “the great books” and how they apply to real life Vancouver locals who may meet in person—non-Vancouver readers still welcome to join threads and chats How we read 1–2 selections per month (mix of short plays, short stories, essays, or manageable chunks of longer books) Discussion threads open a week before meetups with prompts + key quotes In-person meetups (cafés / library rooms) when possible, plus ongoing online chats “Come even if you didn’t finish”—we’ll post summaries and passages Typical Picks Plays: Twelfth Night, A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesman Novels/Novellas: Hadji Murat, The Stranger, Jane Eyre (selections welcome) Harvard Classics: Franklin, Emerson essays, Marcus Aurelius selections, Montaigne, Plato dialogues (short!) Why join Because classics don’t have to be stuffy. We read to think better, live better, and have great conversations—with a warm, curious crowd.

[close] A group for readers who love Canadian authors. Farley Mowat, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Leacock, that guy who wrote The English Patient, and more. From the big smoke stacks of Toronto to the igloos of the city of Nova Scotia, all your Canadian friends are here.

[close] Toronto Book Club is a free to attend monthly gathering. We focus on books that relate to the City of Toronto in that the entire book (or a portion of it) is set in Toronto, or the author has lived (or currently lives) in Toronto. Why attend: (1) connect with others who love reading books, who are interested in Toronto’s past and its future, and who are happy to meet others who share these shared interests; and (2) have a nice cup of tea and/or coffee, and/or a snack while listening to insightful conversations about the book we're focusing on at that gathering (note: the book club gatherings are free to attend, but the tea, coffee, snacks are for you to cover so please bring cash).

[close] We read books by and about diverse Canadians. We've got a policy and current affairs bend, but love a good fiction.