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OSC #4 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Wed, Aug 12, 11:30 PM

From Open Shelf Collective

5.0

Welcome to our fourth meetup! The book for August is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The first thirty minutes of the event is open social time while we allow attendees to arrive. The book discussion will begin at 8:00 PM. At the end of the meetup, we will accept nominations for the next book. We encourage attendees to stay afterwards and chat if they would like to as well. Out of respect for the venue and people on the waitlist, if you do not intend on attending we would appreciate you cancelling at least 48 hours in advance. We would like to keep these events free of charge, and continued last minute cancellations or no-shows may require us to introduce a small fee in the future. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern "**Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination.** The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called *Le Cirque des Rêves*, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart." Results from the vote: [https://app.rankedvote.co/rv/lflwev853sj5nle65d/results](https://app.rankedvote.co/rv/lflwev853sj5nle65d/results)

9 attendees

First book club meeting!

Thu, Jul 23, 11:00 PM

From TBR: Toronto Book Roundtable

Hello everyone! For the first TBR meeting, I want everyone to bring the book they think we should read for the month and create a short pitch explaining why. I want it to feel like a Shark Tank episode where everyone pitches their book! At the end of the meeting, we will vote for which book we would like to read for the month. I want this first meeting to be social and friendly. Bring your books and your pitches!

10 attendees

Where Books Start Conversations

Sat, Jul 25, 3:00 PM

From Books Up Circle

Bring the book you're currently reading (or one you've recently enjoyed) and join us for a relaxed conversation about books, ideas, recommendations, podcasts, and whatever's caught your interest lately. No assigned reading, no pressure, just good books, curious minds, great company, and of course, coffee. Come to socialize, discover new reads, share ideas, and make friends along the way. 📚☕

10 attendees

Silent Bookclub Meeting #81 (Bookstore Crawl and Riverdale Park)

Sun, Jul 19, 2:30 PM

From Silent Book Club (Toronto)

4.8

The next event will be a two parter, bringing back a fan favourite! On Sunday July 19, we will be doing our second Bookstore Crawl (think pub crawl but for books)! We'll meet in the East End (location TBD) and then visit a few bookstores before finally ending at Riverdale Park for our regular Silent Book Club event. Please RSVP if you're planning on coming so we can plan appropriately! To help cover the costs of meetup fees, we will be taking optional donations for this event. If you're inclined to, feel free to send any amount you're comfortable with to harresh.s@hotmail.com, or bring cash to the event. Please note that this is entirely optional and not required to join the event! All proceeds will go towards fees for this event and future events, as well as meetup fees.

39 attendees

The Girls Book Club: Fantasy/Romance Book Club Meetup #6

Sat, Jul 11, 8:00 PM

From The Girls Book Club (Fantasy, Dark Romance,Thrillers &Spice)

5.0

Hi everyone!! 💖 This is now our SIXTH book club meetup! I can’t wait to get to know you all more, hang out and talk books. For this meeting we’ll be FINISHING The Book of Azrael by Amber Nicole!!! We will also be choosing our next book so bring 2-3 ideas!! (Yes, we can also choose the next book in the series) The location MIGHT change. There is a new book bar opening up in Toronto and I’d love to see if we can get a spot there. So stay tuned!!! Don’t stress if you’re new or didn’t make it to the last meetup! This is a super chill group and we’re mostly here to chat, vibe, and obsess over books together. Can’t wait to see you all!! 📚✨

9 attendees

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Sun, Jul 26, 7:00 PM

From More Than A Classic Book Club

4.7

For July, we'll read Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 464 pages First published in 1842 About the book: Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying taxes on them, and to use these 'souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. *Dead Souls* is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy.

12 attendees

Short Reads Social #9: "Has the internet ruined sex?" (July 14th)

Tue, Jul 14, 10:30 PM

From Book Club for Humans

4.6

**Alternative title: "Horny on main: our techno sex-dystopia."** Short-Read Socials are back! Come meet with like-minded and unlikeminded people to talk about the topic of the month. This time, we're thinking about **the internet, alienation/sociality, sex, and sexual content.** *How have digital platforms and commercialization changed how we consume sexual content? Are people today truly more open about their sexuality? Has the ubiquity of sexual content made us more empowered or repressed?* \-\-\- **How does it work?** * The event is casual. You can talk to anyone there with or without our prompt sheets, either about the month's topic or about whatever you want. * Open philosophical discussion, including for controversial topics, is welcome but be respectful :) * If you've read/watched/heard anything related to the topic of the month, feel free to bring it in! Not necessarily physically, but you can if you want... * If not, here are some thought-provoking reads to start you off (read as many or as few as you want): * [The Goon Squad](https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/) * [How Only Fans Took Over the World](https://aella.substack.com/p/how-onlyfans-took-over-the-world) * [Smutty novels are blowing up BookTok - but why are their covers so discreet?](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/love-sex/best-smut-books-tiktok-buy-b2153373.html) * [Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet](https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23733213/fandom-purity-culture-what-is-proship-antiship-antifandom) * Feel free to post other recommendations (blogs, movies, tv episodes, video essays, etc.) in the comments!

10 attendees

July's Book: The Wedding People

Tue, Jul 21, 11:00 PM

From Toronto Ladies Book Club

4.8

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, without luggage, alone. Everyone in the lobby mistakes her for one of the wedding people at an impending wedding on the site, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t there for the big event. Phoebe is there because she’s dreamed of coming for years. She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other. In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s *The Wedding People* is a nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.

6 attendees

ABCD Reads "Go Gentle" by Maria Semple

Tue, Jul 21, 11:00 PM

From A Book Club, Downtown (ABCD)

4.8

ABCD Reads "[Go Gentle](https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4718443)" by Maria Semple. ([RESULTS](https://opavote.com/results/6419002495860736) of the poll for this event.) **:: ABOUT THE BOOK ::** "Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcée, she lives a contented life on New York City’s Upper West Side. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, she’s applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the freedom of being solo, and her job as a moral tutor for the twin boys of an old-money family. She’s even assembled a “coven”—like-minded women who live on the same floor in the legendary Ansonia—and is making active efforts to grow its membership. Adora’s carefully curated life is humming along brilliantly until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger." (from [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239152335-go-gentle)) "ATV comedy writer turned popularizer of Stoic philosophy falls in love, is swept into an international art incident, and deals with buried trauma. For starters. A wild mess of a plot, but a fun wild mess, punctuated by Semple’s signature witty observations and punchlines." (from [Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/maria-semple/go-gentle/)) **:: ABOUT THE EVENT ::** You are welcome to arrive 30 minutes before the event and stay 30 minutes or longer afterward to connect with other attendees outside the book talk. Please ensure you have read the book before attending (though finishing any book is not a barrier to participating, as long as you don't mind spoilers). First-time attendees can join for free. If the event is full, we maintain an unofficial waitlist. Please send [Michael](https://www.meetup.com/members/55295192/) a direct message for more information, in either case. We request a $3 contribution from regular attendees to help cover our monthly meetup costs. **:: ABOUT OUR NEXT BOOK ::** At the end of each event, we will ask for nominees for our next book. If you have a good one in mind, please ensure it is between 200-400 pages long, available from the Toronto Public Library, and counts as contemporary literary fiction (though these are not hard and fast rules). When enough nominees are collected, Michael will send the members a direct message with a link where you can vote.

9 attendees

Let's discuss "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel

Thu, Jul 16, 11:30 PM

From GenX 🤝 Millennial Downtown Book Club

5.0

*Station Eleven* by Emily St. John Mandel is a post-apocalyptic novel tracing a devastating flu pandemic that wipes out most of human civilization. The story interweaves pre-collapse memories with life twenty years later, centered on an actress in a traveling Shakespeare troupe and how interconnected survivors endure through art and memory. We will start our discussion at 7:30. Food and drink are available for purchase.

6 attendees

Silent Bookclub Meeting #80 (RSVP REQUIRED)

Sat, Jul 11, 6:30 PM

From Silent Book Club (Toronto)

4.8

Note you will need to RSVP to attend our event this Saturday July 11 at Danu Social House. You can RSVP here: https://luma.com/b72wsgdv

1 attendee

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

Mon, Jul 20, 11:00 PM

From Post-Apocalyptic Book Club - Toronto Chapter

4.8

This time we'll be reading *All the Water in the World* by Eiren Caffall. Here's the blurb: In the tradition of *Station Eleven*, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. *All the Water in the World* is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved. Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, *All the Water in the World* is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story—with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of *From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* and *Parable of the Sower*, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most – love and work, community and knowledge – will survive. The book is available here: Amazon- Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook: https://a.co/d/06AM2Hh1 Indigo- Paperback: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/all-the-water-in-the-world-a-novel/9781250353542.html Kobo- eBook: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/all-the-water-in-the-world-5?sId=78814551-a234-49d2-b215-22f3db6a746d&ssId=CP0U4j9G5x5X6hYujDrhv&cPos=1 Toronto Public Library: https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4644331 Toronto Public Library- eBook https://toronto.overdrive.com/media/10663676

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Frequently asked questions

A book swap is a social event where participants bring books they no longer need and exchange them with others. They offer an opportunity to find new reads while meeting people with similar interests in Toronto.

You can join book swap events in Toronto by searching on Meetup for groups dedicated to book exchanges. Once you find a group, you can RSVP to attend and participate in the event.

Yes, there are book swap events in Toronto. These events are organized by local groups and offer a chance to exchange books and meet other reading enthusiasts in the area.

Genre-specific book swaps may be available depending on the interests of local groups. Check the details of events and groups to find swaps that match your preferred genres.

Meetup is free to join, allowing book lovers to explore groups and events. Some events may have a fee, set by the organizers to cover expenses.

To RSVP for a book swap event, select the event on Meetup and confirm your participation. Some events have limited space, so it's best to RSVP early.

Absolutely! Meetup allows you to organize your own book swap events in Toronto, inviting others who are interested in exchanging books and sharing their literary passions.

Before attending a swap, check the event details for any guidelines, such as bringing specific book genres or the number of books allowed. Arrive prepared to mingle and exchange.

If you don't find an existing book swap near you, consider starting your own group. This can attract local participants with a shared interest and create a new community.

Not necessarily. Some book swaps may be organized as virtual events, allowing participants to discuss and schedule book exchanges at convenience or by mail.

The frequency of book swaps depends on the organizers. Some groups have regular meetings, while others schedule swaps sporadically. Check group calendars for upcoming events.

Not all book swaps have entry fees. While many are free, some organizers might charge a small fee to cover venue costs or resources. It's best to check the event details beforehand.

Meetup supports in-person and online event organization, but direct book exchanges online might need additional coordination outside of the platform's event features.

Toronto likely hosts groups focusing on specific genres like sci-fi. Explore Meetup for targeted book swap groups or events that cater to sci-fi lovers in the community.

While many events exist, availability can vary. If none are nearby, you might consider creating a group to start a local swap and draw in potential members.

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