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Hollow Oak ReadersA monthly readers' circle in south London

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Meeting notes

Every evening since 2021 gets one card: the book, the argument, the decision, and whatever the room could not agree on.

All meeting notes from Hollow Oak Readers
CardEveningWritten upLength
HO 005House customsWhat we do when nobody finished the book

Notes from a meeting where not one of us had reached the end, and the four things we now do to keep such an evening useful rather than awkward.

27 August 20268 min
HO 004MeetingsThe summer walk-and-read: one hill, one chapter, one bench

How our July meeting moves outdoors — the route up through the park, where we stop to read aloud, and what changes when the room has no walls.

5 August 20256 min
HO 003Reading listsThe winter list: six books for the dark half of the year

Our January reading list, assembled for short afternoons and cold back rooms, with notes on why each title suits the season.

11 February 20257 min
HO 002Meeting notesA note on reading in translation, after an evening of two versions

Our circle read the same chapter in two translations and spent a whole meeting on it. Notes on what we heard, and how we now handle translated books.

9 January 20258 min
HO 001House customsHow we choose what to read: the jar, the veto and the long list

The slightly eccentric method our circle uses to pick one book a month, and why a paper jar has outlasted every spreadsheet we tried.

4 June 20247 min

Cards are kept in the order the evenings happened. Nothing is removed once it has been written up; corrections are added underneath, as described in the house rules.