Read
Every month your circle picks one book. Buy it, borrow it, or listen to it. Any format counts, and so does only getting halfway through.
A beautifully hosted monthly gathering for women who love books, meaningful conversation, and making new friends.
Tickets £5, redeemable against your first month of membership.
Our first gathering
Grab a drink, find a seat, and settle in. No pressure to have finished the book. Tickets are £5, and if you join as a member afterwards, your fiver comes off your first month.
Reserve a seat · £5One-off ticket, no membership required.
How it works
Every month your circle picks one book. Buy it, borrow it, or listen to it. Any format counts, and so does only getting halfway through.
Once a month we take over a corner of a lovely local venue. The conversation starts with the book and goes wherever the room takes it.
Between meet-ups, your circle lives in a private WhatsApp group, and your membership unlocks events across the whole community as we grow.
Membership
"Come with a friend or come alone. Most of us came alone, and that lasted about four minutes."
What we're building forFounding members
£14.99 standard rate once the 30 founding places are gone.
The first 30 members shape everything: the books we read, the venues we choose, the events we add. In return, founding members keep this rate for as long as they stay.
When the 30 places are gone, they are gone.
Claim a founding placeCancel any time. No notice period, no minimum term, no awkwardness.
Where we're gathering
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Questions
The £5 ticket is a one-off seat at a single gathering, made for trying us out with no commitment. Membership is the ongoing version: a guaranteed seat every month, your circle's WhatsApp group, and access to events across the whole community. If you come on a ticket and decide to join, your £5 comes off your first month, so trying us out effectively costs nothing.
No. Finished, half-finished, and "read the first chapter on the bus" are all welcome. The book starts the conversation, it does not gatekeep it.
Please do. Most members join solo, and the evenings are designed so that arriving alone feels easy within about four minutes.
Tell us and we will move you to another, or you can cancel in two clicks. No contracts, no minimum term.
Hand-picked cafés, pubs and wine bars near you. Always somewhere you would happily go anyway.
Yes. That is the point of it.