Forget Running Groups and Work Socials. Find a Book Club | The Walrus
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A generation of lonely readers looks to make connections
Thunyarat Klaiklang, Esra Nurdoǧan, Alvin Mahmudov, Keval Padhiyar, Mart Production (UNSPLASH) / iStock / Ana Luisa O.J. M olly Dunn had always wanted to join a book club. Until last winter, the twenty-five-year-old had been too busy or distracted to find the right one. The opportunity to start one struck when she began a new job as a sales associate at BMV, a Toronto bookstore. With her manager’s permission, she set a date for the inaugural meeting and posted an announcement to the store’s Instagram page. The question was: Would anyone come? Her manager had stipulated that at least four peopl
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