The Reading Sanctuary (Starts Jan 2027)

Most book clubs start with good intentions and end in homework guilt.

This one doesn’t.

A quiet monthly gathering for book lovers. Free, online, and entirely unhurried.

Once a month | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (UK)

The Reading Sanctuary is a once-a-month book club where there’s no set book to read.

Bring whatever you are currently reading, a book you’ve recently set down, or simply come along with a hot mug of tea to listen in. The chances are you’ll find yourself with several books you want to look up at the end of the session.

As a Certified Reading Wellbeing Practitioner™ trained in The Book Therapy Method™, my aim is simple - to give you a quiet hour where reading feels restorative again, rather than something you feel guilty about not finishing. These relaxed sessions are designed to help you reconnect with reading as a form of genuine self-care rather than another task on your to-do list.

If your self-care comes in the form of a Mills and Boon bodice ripper, dragon books, crime reads, historical fiction or one of the classics - have at! There’s no judgement, and finding out about other genres is a good way to expand your reading.

How we spend the hour:

• First 20 minutes: Companionable, quiet reading. Cameras off, microphones muted, and a quiet pocket of time to sink into your own book without distraction.

• Remaining 40 minutes: The book natter. Cameras back on for a gentle, informal chat about what we’re reading, the lines that stopped us in our tracks, or how our books are meeting us where we are right now.
  
  Things you are likely to hear me say:

"I abandoned this at page 80, it was making me cross because it was stealing time I could have spent reading something wonderful."

"I can't read anything more involved than the back of a cereal packet after this one. It completely broke me."

"I grieved finishing it; the characters had become friends and I hated leaving them behind."

No critiques, no literary analysis, and no forced speaking, you can unmute to chat or simply share titles in the text box. The only guarantee is an hour of dedicated, quiet space, and a few brilliant new titles to look up when we finish.

Starting in January - Date TBC.