What we’re about
Want to discuss literature with others but don't have time to commit to longer books? In this book club, we focus on short stories so that anybody can join in, even those who only have time to read on the tram! Here's how it works:
- Every week, we announce a selection of short stories in English (possibly translated) freely available online.
- Anybody who wants to participate reads the stories in advance on their own. The texts for any given week usually take an hour or two to read.
- We meet on Sunday to discuss the stories.
Our discussions don't follow a set agenda and are all based on what we happen to find interesting for any given story. The story choices are member-driven, so feel free to suggest anything that interests you!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- 💘 💔 ❤️🩹 Forbidden LoveSpråkcaféet, Göteborg
📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.📖 About this session
This week we will be reading about love that cannot be, from humorous to tragic cases.
🎭 The Muse's Tragedy by Edith Wharton (around 5700 words) [1899]
💘 The Fourth Sally or, How Trurl Built a Femfatalatron to Save Prince Pantagoon from the Pangs of Love, and How Later He Resorted to a Cannonade of Babies by Stanisław Lem (around 2600 words) [1965]
🐯 👰♀️ The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton (around 2700 words) [1882]
After the discussion, feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
- 📚 A Shirley Jackson appreciation sessionSpråkcaféet, Göteborg
📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.📖 About this session
The possibility of evil, appr. 4000 words
Louisa, please come home, appr. 5700 words
What a thought, appr. 1300 wordsAfter the discussion, feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
- ✍🏻📰Short Stories by the Tamil writer Sundara RamaswamySpråkcaféet, Göteborg
📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.📖 About this session
We read short stories written by the Tamil writer Sundara Ramaswamy, translated into English."Sundara Ramaswamy (May 30, 1931 - October 14, 2005) was one of the most important writers of modern Tamil literature. He made significant contributions to Tamil fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. He wrote poetry under the name Pasuvaiyya and founded the literary magazine Kalachuvadu."
"Sundara Ramaswamy was one of the forerunners and foremost representatives of the 'little magazine’ movement that constituted the avant garde in Tamil literature for forty years starting from the 1950s. He was a proponent of pure literature as an alternative to the popular and political writing of that era."
More about the writer: https://tamil.wiki/wiki/Sundara_Ramaswamy
- 🖃 The Stamp Album (~ 1900 words) [1958]
- 🪟The window (~ 2100 words) [1958]
- 🚌Trespass (~ 3100 words) [1986]
- 🌼Reflowering (~ 3300 words) [1990]
After the discussion, feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
