B-Sides is Booksmith's real life, in person book club. It's our chance for us to read, share, and talk about the literary world's b-sides: the lesser-knowns, non-hits, and deep cuts. The great, the weird, the unusual. We meet monthly, in the bookstore, after hours, where we have access to custom cocktails and standard menu offerings from Alembic. While we read everything good, our tastes often lean towards works by women, people of color, queer folx and the genre-fluid.
To keep things safe, intimate and manageable, we're currently limiting the group to 15 people at a time. But if you're interested in joining, we want to hear from you! We have a waitlist available: just email bookclub [at] booksmith [dot] com and we'll let you know when we have more room. And meantime, we'll be listing our reads right here on the website, and in the shop.
November '23: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
October '23: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval
September '23: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
August '23: Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles
July '23: August Blue by Deborah Levy
June '23: Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez Purnell
May '23: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue
April '23: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci
March '23: The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller
February '23: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
January '23: Autum by Ali Smith
November '22: Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
October '22: Crudo by Olivia Laing
