What started out as a couple of enthusiastic readers in Glasgow hoping to discuss the relationship between Connell and Marianne from Sally Rooney’s Normal People turned into a group in Barcelona of approximately 15 members, gathering to discuss books, poetry, contemporary issues, and everything in between. 

That’s right, it’s the GLOCAL Book Club! Each meeting, members will usually gather at a book store cafe, where a topic decided at the previous meeting will be discussed within the context of books members have recently read. Topics may range from a contemporary issue to a type of literature, for example: racism, feminist literature, dystopian futures, poetry… The list goes on, and those are just some of the topics the GLOCAL Book Club has waded into thus far. 

Unlike a lot of book clubs, members are not required to read the same book at the same time. Instead, meetings are a place where people can share their ideas and recommendations — and often, people do end up reading the same books!