Downtown Toronto book club (Gen X + Millennials)

“Before the Coffee Gets Cold” is a bestselling Japanese novel about a café where you can time travel—if you follow the rules and finish your coffee before it gets cold. Four visitors take the leap, hoping for second chances in love, loss, and life. It’s quirky, tender, and full of heart. Based on an award-winning play, it’s become a global book club favorite.

“Heartwarming, whimsical… offering comfort at a time when the world seems off‑kilter and chaotic.”
—NY Times

other info
Feel free to arrive 30 mins early for a drink at the table if you feel like it - and stay afterward to chat and connect with our crowd.

We ask that you at least start reading the book when you join us—and don’t stress if you didn’t finish; just brace yourself for spoilers. Our discussions? Lively, fun, and full of literary goodness. See you there!

Your $3 rsvp fee helps cover our $41 monthly Meetup cost. Any extra funds raised go to Amnesty International.

What would you give for instant fluency in any language? “The Centre” is a darkly funny, unsettling debut novel about ambition, belonging, and the cost of assimilation — part thriller, part satire, all conversation-starter.

“The Centre is Duolingo gone dark.” — GQ (UK)

About the event:

You’re invited to join us 30 minutes before the event and stay for a drink with others after the book discussion.

Please read the book before attending - though we believe in the right not to finish! Completing the book isn’t a barrier to joining us, as long as you don't mind spoilers :)

We request a $3 contribution to help cover our monthly meetup platform costs of $41. Any additional funds will be donated to Amnesty International. Our conversations are lively, freewheeling, literary, and fun.