Leuven Books and Multilingual Babble

Club de lectura en español en Leuven + Nederlandstalige leesclub in Brussel.

Bienvenidos a compartir y comentar lecturas en un ambiente distendido y conversar en todas las variantes del español. No puede ser que estemos aquí para no poder ser.

Welkom in de Nederlandstalige leesclub in Brussel! We lezen maandelijks een boek en kiezen samen een nieuw boek voor de volgende keer. In de bibliotheek van Etterbeek vinden we elkaar om het boek te bespreken. Dat kan fictie zijn of non-fictie. Hopelijk tot gauw!

This group is a spin-off from the Leuven Books and Babble meet-up group, which hosts four English-speaking bookclubs in Leuven. The purpose here is to have pleasant and enriching conversations in languages other than English.
At present, we have a monthly discussion in Spanish, on the first Saturday of each month, and one in Dutch. In the future, depending on demand, we intend to create events in other languages. If interested, please join and signal which other languages would interest you.

Who is this group for:
Native speakers who possibly spend their day working and living in English and other languages and miss reading and having conversations in their mother tongue.
Language students who would like to use their language skills, have interesting conversations on a book, beyond traditional conversation tables. One learns better when feeling the urge to get a point across.

It works as follows:
The book can be read in the language you choose. The discussion takes place in languages other than English, but you can use English occasionally when necessary. Substance primes over form. This set up means that the only requirement to fully enjoy the group would be to have an appropriate level of oral comprehension.

In practical terms, we adhere to the practices of Leuven Books and Babble: We read both fiction and non-fiction. The books we read are chosen by voting. Each person can nominate one book. You have two votes; the book with the most votes will be selected.
Participation is limited to 10 persons.
If not coming, please update your RSVP promptly.
We charge a fee of €1 per meeting, collected at the meeting, to cover the meetup cost.