Another type of book club that has recently grown in popularity is bookclubs that meet in bars. This allows adults to enjoy a beverage of their choosing while discussing their book of the month. Many adults that possibly wouldn't be interested in sitting in a library meeting room are much more inclined to relax in a pub and talk about a book. Perhaps this is less threatening or more social? This trend has also been seen with wine bars or restaurants.
Book clubs are growing in popularity. Take for instance @wlclub, an online womens book club that reads about amazing women, which was started in February on Twitter, before the end of the month there were over a thousand members (Carpenter, 2016). Oprah's book club is very well known but Emma Watson and many other celebrities have started their own book clubs as well. Emma Watson's bookclub "Our Shared Self" can be found on GoodReads and boasts more than 37,000 members and has a large following on Twitter as well (McCluskey, 2016). But don't get the impression that men don't read or have book clubs either. The Man's Book Club is going on its ninth year and their criteria is "No books by women about women"(Miller, 2016).
When I was looking at what different groups MCPL was serving it seemed that many groups were being addressed: teens, children, seniors, disabled, non-English speaking, and adult education, adult services were not in abundance. I wanted to provide a meaningful service for this group that would increase reading and partner with the community. Thus #themodernbookclub is a new program that will include four book clubs that will meet face to face once a month at the library or in the community and have online discussions as well. The four different clubs are designed to meet different interests and if these are successful more will be added in the future. |
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