*NEW*🔥 📚 A Non-Fiction Book Club For Curious Minds

💌 JOIN our NEW SUBSTACK to read the book summary 📕👇

https://rubyrossini.substack.com/

If you have not read the book, it's all right, you are still welcome to join!

Regardless of whether you have read the book, take the time to go through the summary ( it will be published on Substack a few days before our event ) - it will help to ground the conversation on an even level for everyone on Saturday. It is not AI-written - I write them myself and I aim to make them as in-depth as I possibly can.

For Announcements

Join our WhatsApp Group. I will announce here any new events and share the summary for those who are not on Substack: https://chat.whatsapp.com/G011Ugv9bah08PYlcQFJ4m

( This is the announcement group only - ONLY once you have attended the event, you'll be able to join the other group, which is for the community)

⛔️ No Show

Don't be a 💩. Our waitlist is usually chunky. If you can’t make it, change your RSVP, it only takes a second. Two consecutive no-shows and you will be removed from future signups.

Book of the Month

In our last gathering, Ta-Nehisi Coates invited us into Between the World and Me—a searing letter to his son that illuminated how history inscribes itself onto the body. Through his lived experience, Coates revealed not only the personal cost of systemic oppression, but the way individual lives become mirrors of national conscience. We read of inheritance, of fear, and of what it means to exist within a structure that denies your full humanity.

Now, we turn from the intimate body to the collective one—from the private realm of experience to the public sphere of responsibility—with Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

Where Coates asks what it means to live freely within a false dream, Snyder asks what it takes to preserve freedom itself. Drawing from the lessons of modern history, On Tyranny distills the subtle and ordinary ways democratic societies can erode—from complacency, from obedience, from the quiet surrender of truth.

Short, urgent, and profoundly relevant, this book challenges us to recognise our place not only as witnesses, but as participants in shaping the moral fabric of our time.

If you have a problem getting yourself a copy of the book/s, get in touch!

Make a commitment 👏 📅

As the spots fill up pretty quickly, be quick to sign up - but do so ONLY if you make a real commitment to join.

We have an amazing, committed community that generously shows up, contributes, and gives its best. Sign up only if you are committed and eager to attend. Mark your calendar and make a commitment to yourself and your community.

Discussion

For the discussion, we’ll divide in smaller groups of around 4-6 as to have a more intimate environment to facilitate conversations where everyone can feel welcome to participate at their pace.

About Us

Welcome to "Curious Collective" – A Non-Fiction Book Club for Curious Minds.

If you find yourself here, chance is, you are curious. You are a wanderer, an explorer of ideas, seeking the 'whys' and 'hows' of our world, of what makes us human.

In a culture dominated by “hyper-connectivity”, we often lose sight of what truly matters; the treasure of ancient wisdom, the beauty of curiosity, and the profound meaning of community.

The Curious Collective is here to rekindle those flames. 🔥

We believe in the power of shared ideas, meaningful conversations, and sharing the journey.

As Joseph Addison wisely said, "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Our collective mission is to exercise our minds, curiosity, and sense of belonging to a community of like-minded people.

We are not: Intellectual W*nkers or debate-club warriors here. We keep it real, there is no intellectual or self-righteous snobbery here.

We are: Ordinary humans who crave knowledge, connection—someone to chat with, share ideas, and journey alongside.

Tips:
I suggest having a notebook/ a place where you can take notes of the most interesting parts & thoughts you had - this is going to be very helpful for the discussion.

Stay Curious – for there's always more to discover.