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The Book Club
Sun Book Blub Pick
This is the main event each month! We vote on these quarterly from a shortlist, and then I host two meetings at 11am and 6pm GMT/BST usually on the last Sunday of the month to discuss. I do a full list of discussion questions for these, and as often as possible some further reading materials, too!
It's no secret that this is one of my favourite places on the internet—a community of readers from all around the world, reading and sharing great books. You can get some of the best recommendations, and an opportunity to discuss what you read, honing your skills and enriching your reading.
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Moon Book Club Pick
For the speculative fiction readers and the more meetings-shy amongst you, because this is a text-based readalong which I host over on Storygraph. Most of the time, the Moon pick is chosen by me directly to prevent voting fatigue (it's a thing).
Mini Book Clubs
We have two Mini Book Clubs which run quarterly. We vote for these quarterly at the same time as the Sun picks. The Hype List is, unsurprisingly, all about new hyped books. The Reference Section is for nonfiction.
Books on Film
Our latest addition! This is open to everyone with priority booking for Book Club Members. Every month I host a screening and discussion for a book adaptation at the Chiswick Cinema in London.
Big Books
We also run a Big Books schedule, if you'd like to tackle a longer, more difficult book with us!
The Review
Every month I host the Review (again usually at 11am/6pm on a Sunday). We usually each bring a book to tell the group about. It can be an old favourite, or something you've read recently and have thoughts on. Lurkers are welcome.
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The community begins here; access to the patron-only feed, chat about books together (including the book club pick!) on Discord and early access to videos too.
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Book Club Tiers
Join us for the monthly Review and get access on this tier to dedicated in-depth posts to various of our book club picks, be they one of the Big Books or Moon picks.
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Access to our monthly Zoom meetings to discuss the book club pick! This is where we really get into the nitty gritty, and get the most out of our books.
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The Publication
The Minutiae
A twice-monthly newsletter covering a wide range of things, mostly bookish but occasionally otherwise.
The aim of The Unseen Review is to highlight what books are worth your precious reading hours, hopefully pushing you outside your comfort zone from time to time, and scouring both the world of the new release and the undiscovered backlist gem.
It’s also the intention to help readers get more out of their books, to share some of what I’ve learnt in my 10+ years reviewing and analysing novels. I’ll be running courses and slow reads alongside my work as a reviewer.
Novel Matters
A regular-ish series where I deep dive on a book that actually looks at the novel form itself. Learn about that weird thing—the novel!—with me.
How to Read and Analyse a Novel
A course with some of my techniques for analysing a novel so that you can get the most out of your reading.
Slow Reads
Read along with me to a masterpiece (or a series) where we take some time to really digest and discuss.
Coming soon: Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake