Dark Child by Travis Hunter - It’s All About Us Meetup Group
The Girly Book Club is exactly the kind of grassroots enterprise publishers pay attention to… women, who usually also belong to other social groups where their reading interests are shared. It’s like a ripple effect.
Random House Canada President Brad Martin, on The Girly Book Club Meetup Groups.
The original London Girly Book Club Meetup Group has spawned eight other Meetup Groups on three continents. - via The Toronto Star
Book Clubs: 1K Club April
Book Clubs don’t have to hold enormous individual Meetups to provide a huge benefit to their members. In fact, many Organizers specifically limit their RSVP numbers so that discussions are as inviting and productive as possible.
But by consistently organizing Meetups, Book Clubs can still reach some really amazing milestones. Check out these three Meetup Groups who have achieved some pretty awesome numbers these past thirty days.
1,000 MEMBERS
Books that Make You Go Hmmm…
Based here in NYC, “Books that Make You Go Hmmm…” has wide-reaching appeal; reading everything from Jane Austen, Stephen King, Shakespeare, Neil Gaiman, and Dean Koontz, to nonfiction.
San Francisco Travel Book Club and Lectures Series
This San Francisco, CA Meetup Group is featured in our Book Club Organizer Resources due to their innovative format, appealing to “seasoned globetrotters and armchair travelers alike.”
1,000 RSVPs
The Great Escape Book Club
This Phoenix, AZ Meetup has an excellent system of holding two Meetups a month—a Saturday morning and a Monday evening one—so that members with varying schedules can attend.
Congrats on joining the 1K Club! That’s a heck of a lot of pages turned.
You can find all of our specific resources for Book Club Organizers here, and check out all of the Book Club Meetups in the world (sorted by size) here.
Happy reading, from Meetup HQ! Get the full roundup of Book Club Meetup news here.
Tamara is on Meetup’s Community team.
Featured Book Meetup: reading The Hunger Games
It seems like it’s been a long time since a book/movie was sweeping the world as thoroughly as The Hunger Games has. It’s everywhere! Everyone’s reading it, seeing it, blogging about it, preparing the foods mentioned in it… you name it.If you, too, read the book and are now driving your friends crazy, never fear! You’ll probably only need to look as far as your nearest Book Club Meetup Group in order to find others who will share your desire to analyze further. The odds are ever in your favor for finding one.
In just the past 30 days, there have been over 170 Hunger Games-related Book Club Meetups. From Madison, Wisconsin to Woodbridge, Virginia, from London to Chicago, and from St. Louis to Sacramento, there is just no shortage of Meetuppers excitedly discussing Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, archery, and lamb stew.
You can even find groups like The Geek Club in San Jose, California that are combining a trip to the movies with their book discussion. The complete Hunger Games experience!
If you’re feeling industrious, your Book Club Meetup Group can also get started discussing the next two books in the trilogy, as the South Orange County Women’s Book Club and The Royal Oak International Book Club did.
Happy Meetups to everyone from Meetup HQ, and happy reading too!
Tamara is on Meetup’s Community team.
