Reading Groups

Join Our New Reading Groups

We are starting three reading groups! These are intentionally broad to begin with, as we'd like the groups to develop organically and for their shape and direction to be guided by the interests of regular attendees. They reflect EBB’s core interests: small-press publishing, translation, radical thought. We would be open to more focused groups, or to narrowing these ones around particular interests as they evolve. 

📅 When & Where?

Reading groups will take place on Wednesdays at 18:30 at EBB.

📖 How Does It Work?

• We’ve selected initial texts to get things started, but we’d love for future choices to be decided collectively.
• We kindly ask that participants purchase the book from us (unless you already own a copy). We offer a 10 % discount and will always select affordable books.
• Each session will be informal and discussion-based—no pressure.

📅 What Are We Reading Next & When?

• Small PRESSure: Poetry Reading Group

27 May: Refaat Alareer, If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose (OR Books)

• Politics Reading Group

17 June: Micha Frazer-Carroll, Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Pluto)


• Fiction Reading Group

13 May: Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, trans. by Faridoun Farrokh (Penguin)


📝 How to Join?

Sign up by adding your name and email to the relevant form: 

• Poetry Reading Group → Full for now
• Politics Reading Group → Full for now
• Fiction Reading Group → Full for now