Founded in 2007, Ink Book Club is comprised of a small group of women with diverse cultural backgrounds and a common love for reading.
Members engage in discussions of a wide variety of themes and topics found in great works of fiction (and the odd non-fiction) ranging from classical to postmodern. Ink Book Club members also take pleasure in reading dramatic works and attending play productions within Toronto’s vibrant theatre scene.
Ink Book Club meetings are facilitated by professionals in the literary field including York University Humanities Professor Emeritus, Elaine Newton, and founder of Living Literature Seminars, Cathy Tile. Dramatic works are reviewed by York University Professor of English and theatre specialist, Dr. Marcia Blumberg. Facilitators draw on their wealth of literary knowledge and experience to provide provocative reviews and guide members through intriguing and interactive discussions.
Ink Book Club has also had the pleasure of hosting meetings with celebrated authors including two-time Governor General's Award winner, Nino Ricci, and 2006 Trillium Book Award winner and 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, Camilla Gibb. Authors give their unique and personal insight to provide a deeper understanding of their work. The small size of the group is conducive to intimate discussions between author and reader, making it personally enriching for both.
“Thank you for inviting me to meet the really bright women in your group of readers…I keep remembering things people said, questions they asked, and thinking: wow, imagine if all readers were like that.”
“What was to be a two hour book club meeting turned into a five hour gathering of ideas and engrossing discussion…and all this in the context of Barnacle Love…the truth is the evening could have gone for another five hours and I would have been further enriched by just being in the company of these intelligent and thoughtful women.”