Mar 01

Now *This* is a Book Club I Can Get Behind!

By Ann Kingman Uncategorized Add comments

The perfect book club? I think I’ve found it.
Healthy membership? Check.
Literary sensibilities? Check.
Affiliated with a bookstore? Check.
Incredible sense of style? Check.
Innovative? Check, check, and check.

When Nova Scotia’s Loquacious Compendium Book Club grew too large to meet in members’ homes, they didn’t just split off into smaller groups. Instead, they did what any good book club should do: they built a bar. But this bar is like no other I’ve heard of. Called Fables, it serves premium liquor, has comfy chairs and tables, and bookshelves line the walls.

The Globe and Mail has all the details here. You can view several photos of Fables in the photo gallery that accompanies the article. The club is open to members only, but at $100 membership fee (for two people), I’m tempted to pay the price just to visit.

image credit: unprose, via Flickr

  • http://www.shadesoblu.blogspot.com Carla

    Wow, I fell in love with this club as soon as I heard they’d built a bar to meet and discuss books. Then when I viewed the pictures, I teared up thinking how much I’d love to be a part of such a group, a community built from book lovers.

  • http://www.shadesoblu.blogspot.com Carla

    Wow, I fell in love with this club as soon as I heard they’d built a bar to meet and discuss books. Then when I viewed the pictures, I teared up thinking how much I’d love to be a part of such a group, a community built from book lovers.

  • http://crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com/ Carla

    Oh that looks so very cool. It is inviting and a great place to discuss the books or even read.

  • http://crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com/ Carla

    Oh that looks so very cool. It is inviting and a great place to discuss the books or even read.

  • Annette

    This place looks amazing – I would love to spend my retirement days in a place like that!

  • Annette

    This place looks amazing – I would love to spend my retirement days in a place like that!

  • http://inkwellbookstore.blogspot.com/ J.M.

    You know what comic you should read? Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks. It’s about a fictional town in New Zealand where everyone from the kid on the corner to the old lady in the herb garden makes their own comics. Oh, and there’s a lighthouse library there which houses those comics which were only ever imagined by their creators.

    This bar reminded me of it. Well, sort of. Anyway, thanks for linking to it!

  • http://inkwellbookstore.blogspot.com/ J.M.

    You know what comic you should read? Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks. It’s about a fictional town in New Zealand where everyone from the kid on the corner to the old lady in the herb garden makes their own comics. Oh, and there’s a lighthouse library there which houses those comics which were only ever imagined by their creators.

    This bar reminded me of it. Well, sort of. Anyway, thanks for linking to it!

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann Kingman

    J.M., that sounds very cool! I’ll look for it (though I bet Michael gets it first…)

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann Kingman

    J.M., that sounds very cool! I’ll look for it (though I bet Michael gets it first…)

  • http://addictedtobooks1993.blogspot.com amy

    oh awesome! i’d love to be part of a bookclub, i just don’t want to pay the money:)
    -amy

  • http://addictedtobooks1993.blogspot.com amy

    oh awesome! i’d love to be part of a bookclub, i just don’t want to pay the money:)
    -amy

  • http://like-the-seasons.blogspot.com Christina Alexander

    That is EXACTLY my dream! I want to open a bookstore / bar in a quaint little town somewhere! Love it!

  • http://like-the-seasons.blogspot.com Christina Alexander

    That is EXACTLY my dream! I want to open a bookstore / bar in a quaint little town somewhere! Love it!

  • Dottie R.

    Well — it’s not a private club but our local TX center has a bookstore and wine/coffee bar combination called The Thirsty Mind. A nice little “club” though sounds quite appealing for the book discussion setting — I am reminded of the London ladies’ club which figures in The Enchanted April which I recently reread with one of my online book groups. Comfy for reading and meetings with like-minded friends in whatever number, a club is a nice idea rather than a “group”.

  • Dottie R.

    Well — it’s not a private club but our local TX center has a bookstore and wine/coffee bar combination called The Thirsty Mind. A nice little “club” though sounds quite appealing for the book discussion setting — I am reminded of the London ladies’ club which figures in The Enchanted April which I recently reread with one of my online book groups. Comfy for reading and meetings with like-minded friends in whatever number, a club is a nice idea rather than a “group”.

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann Kingman

    thanks for your comments everyone — I’m glad you loved the story as much as I did!

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann Kingman

    thanks for your comments everyone — I’m glad you loved the story as much as I did!

  • Susan

    Check out Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson the next time you are in NY. It is a combination bookstore/bar/art supply store the hosts book groups and movie nights, and stayed open late for the presidential debates and election night.

    That is my dram combo for retirement–a small bookstore/bar, maybe with a craft component. A girl can dream, right?

  • Susan

    Check out Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson the next time you are in NY. It is a combination bookstore/bar/art supply store the hosts book groups and movie nights, and stayed open late for the presidential debates and election night.

    That is my dram combo for retirement–a small bookstore/bar, maybe with a craft component. A girl can dream, right?

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