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Book Clubs
UPDATE ABOUT REGISTRATION BOOK CLUBS AT THE LITTLE BOOKSHOP
We have a high demand for our Expert and Intermediate Book Clubs and not everyone is able to get in because not everyone is able to answer immediately. That's why we've decided to try (let's see if it works) another system. You all have the entire day to answer the email and tell us which expert book club you want to register to. Then the next evening, 7 people will be randomly picked for the themed book club and the book pick! We hope this will make everything fair and easier for you all :)
Just a friendly reminder that we read the books in English in advance, so we can discuss everything about the book/author.
With the book pick we all read the same book in advance and with the themed book club you choose your own book that fits the theme ;)
Beginner (A1-A2) - we try in English!
Next book club
Title: Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Level: A2 (Penguin Readers)
Date: 7th of November from 09.00-10.30
Places available: 1 place available
Location: at our shop
Price: €3 if book bought in shop, otherwise €5
There will be snacks/sweets
"Animal Farm tells the story of a rebellion and how it goes wrong. The animals' lives on the farm are terrible - there is not enough food, the work is hard, and animals are dying. One day, the animals kick out the farmer and start to run the farm. Soon, a group of animals - the pigs - becomes more and more important, but things are not better for most of the animals. Life for them is the same as before."
Intermediate (B1-B2)
Next book theme
Theme: Dystopian novels
Date: 3rd of October from 09.00-10.30
Places available: FULL
Location: at our shop
Price: €3 if book bought in shop, otherwise €5
There will be snacks/sweets
October is Halloween. To me, dystopian novels can be scary... in the sense "please world don't go in this direction". So which one is the most scary one for you? Which one do you want to re-read or discover?
Expert Book Theme
Theme: Dragons
Date: 5th of September from 09.00-10.30
Places available: FULL
Location: at our shop
Price: €3 if book bought in shop, otherwise €5
There will be snacks/sweets
I mean, with a dragon as logo you cannot not have a book club about dragons! So we'll start our new season of book clubs with our favorite fantasy theme: dragons! Can't wait to discover your dragon stories.
Expert Book Pick
Title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author: Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Date: 26th of September from 09.00-10.30
Places available: FULL
Location: at our shop
Price: €3 if book bought in shop, otherwise €5
There will be snacks/sweets
Because everyone is so enthusiastic about our letter project; now we have a book club pick about letters!
"It’s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer’s block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society."
BIG BOOK CLUB HALLOWEEN EDITION
Hello Book Dragons, are you ready for another huuuuge book club, being surrounded by many readers at a great location? Then join us for our Halloween edition 2026! Right now the time is at 13.30 but if there's a game, we have to change to 11.00 - you will receive an email one week before with the right time!
(There's no raffle for this book club at Crow's Nest, you get your reservation by paying at the shop - first come first choice theme on Doodle)
What does this Big Book Club mean?
There are five different book clubs taking place at the same time. Each book club has five spots available - you can choose the one you love the most. All the themes are in Halloween style.
How to register?
1. Bring €10 in cash to our shop The Little Bookshop as your reservation - this will give you one warm drink and a cake. Again, no raffle! First to pay, first to get a spot/theme
2. Then we'll send you the link to Doodle with all the different book clubs so you can register your name to the one you'd love
The themes?
1) Witches: this can be historical fiction, fantasy, scary/not scary (full)
2) Vampires: this can be a classic like Carmilla or Dracula or from now such as Nest of Tongues or from a couple of years ago like Twilight (full)
3) Thrillers: this can be detective, domestic, spy, suspense, eco, lawyer, medical (full)
4) Dystopian: this can be classics such as 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 or one of my favorite's of last year Red Rising (definition: Dystopian is a narrative set in an imagined, often futuristic world where society is deeply flawed or oppressed.) (full)
5) Folklore: there are quite some folklore horror books but it can also be the not so scary books if you prefer ;) One example is And the River Drags Her Down - personally enjoyed this one (definition of folklore refers to the tales people tell – folk stories, fairy tales, “tall tales,” and even urban legends. (full)
6) ??? let us know if you'd like to participate so we can add a new theme
(if there are lots of readers who want to join, we'll add another theme)
Important information
When: 25th of October
What time: 13.30-15.00 (depending if there’s a game, then it starts at 11.00)
Where: Crow's Nest (14 Rue Saint-Hélier, 35000 Rennes)
See you soon for our Big Book Club Halloween Edition!
Expert ONLINE (for readers outside Rennes)
Title: The Correspondent
Author: Virginia Evans
Date: 28th of September from 20.00-21.30
Places available: FULL
Price: €3 if you already have the book / if you want us to send the book to you, it'll be €20 incl. delivery fee (locker)!
We will send the link to the Book Club after receiving payment :)
Theme (besides dragons) this month is letters! So we also have a book pick full of letters for the Online Book Club.
"Sybil Van Antwerp is seventy-three, slowly losing her sight and always writing letters. To her children. Her favourite authors. Her ex-sister-in-law. The journalist poking into her past. Her doctor. Suitors. Kindly neighbours. The infuriating gardening club. All receive Sybil’s witty, wise correspondence, rich with everyday concerns. But there is one letter that she has never sent. It concerns the darkest period of her life. To post it, Sybil must find forgiveness within herself. The hardest letter to write is the one you’d never dare to send."
Expert ONLINE (for readers outside Rennes)
Title: The Kite Runne
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Date: 23rd of November from 20.00-21.30
Places available: 3 places available
Price: €3 if you already have the book / if you want us to send the book to you, it'll be €21.50 incl. delivery fee (locker)!
We will send the link to the Book Club after receiving payment :)
In November, we like to choose books thar are banned or challenged.
"Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption."
If you see a book/theme you're interested in and would like to register, send us an email with subject line "Book Club" to contact@thelittlebookshop.fr.
Previous books/themes
BEGINNER in 2026
- 12 September
"What You Are Looking For is in the Library" (A2+)
- 6 June
'The Mill on the Floss' (A2+)
- 4 April
'Lion' (A2+)
- 7 February
'I Capture the Castle'
in 2025
- 6 December
'Clouds of California' (A2+)
- 4 October
'The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry' (B1)
- 5 July
'Me Before You' (A2+)
- 10 May
'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (A2)
- 1 March
'Women Who Changed The World' (A2+)
- 11 January
'Sherlock Holmes Short Stories' (A2)
in 2024
- 2 November
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (A1+)
- 7 September
'Treasure Island' (A1)
INTERMEDIATE in 2026
- 3 October
Theme: Dystopian novels
- 4 July
'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
- 9 May
Theme: friendship
- 7 March
'Dubliners' (level B1+)
- 3 January
Theme: The book you always wanted to read
in 2025
- 8 November
'Brave New World' (level B2+)
- 6 September
Theme: Pre-Halloween
- 14 June
‘Fahrenheit 451’ (level B2)
- 5 April
Theme: Feminism
- 2 February
'Lord of the Flies' (B2+)
in 2024
- 7 December
Theme: Relationships
- 5 October
'Animal Farm' (B1-B2)
EXPERT in 2026
- 5 September
Theme: Dragons
- 24 August (online with author)
'The Swarm'
- 6 June
Big Book Club
- 25 May (online)
'Ordinary Saints'
- 23 May
'The Names'
- 19 April (brunch)
Theme: Jane Austen
- 28 March
'Yellowface'
- 14 March
Theme: Strong female lead
- 21 February
Theme: Mythologies around the World
-15 February
'Sugar and Sorcery' with author
- 25 January (online)
'Sky Fyll of Elephants'
- 17 January
Six book clubs at the same time
in 2025
-15 November
'The Bluest Eye'
- 29 November
Theme: Historical Novel
- 27 October (online)
'The Familiar'
- 25 October
'Jackal' - interview author
- 11 October
Theme: Murder Mystery
- 27 September
Theme: Dark Academia
- 13 September
'The Hive' with author
- 28 June
'The Song of Achilles'
- 21 June
Theme: Pride Month
- 31 May
Theme: Translated Work
- 17 May
‘Whale Fall’ - interview author
- 26 April
'Glorious Exploits'
- 19 April
Theme: About the World of Books
- 29 March
Theme: Feminism
- 15 March
'No Place Left to Hide' with author
- 22 February
'Open Water'
- 8 February
Theme: Book Crush
- 25 January
Theme: Classics
- 18 January
Theme: Classics
in 2024
- 30 November
'And Then She Fell'
- 16 November
Theme: Banned Books
26 October
Theme: Halloween
28 September
'I Who Have Never Known Men'
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