The Arden Reading Society is a student-led extracurricular group which meets to discuss a new book every three weeks.
The Reading Society meets on alternate Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7pm (BST) via Zoom to discuss everything from classic fiction to topical nonfiction, poetry to plays.
All students are welcome, regardless of which course you’re studying at Arden or what year you’re in – and we welcome a range of perspectives!
Recently students have read and discussed George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Franz Kafka’s The Trial, and Aja Monet’s My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter.
Society members have collaborated on the reading schedule for 2022, which features a range of exciting titles that can be accessed and read through the Arden Library.
So if you want to meet students from all over the world, read and discuss books by a diverse range of voices, get to grips with the library platform, and expand and apply your learning through an extracurricular, then join the Reading Society family today!
The next meeting dates are:
Wednesday 8th June: poetry workshop (7pm)
Thursday 30th June: City of Beasts by Isabel Allende (7pm)
For more information or if you have any questions, you can also contact James Nixon at readingsociety@arden.ac.uk.
What do students say about the Reading Society?
“My favourite aspect of the Reading Society has been hearing from a diversity of voices and meeting new people.”
“Taking part in the Reading Society can have a positive impact upon your studies and your career: it helps you develop your public-speaking, discussion, and listening skills, and it improves your critical thinking.”
“The discussions are relatable and help me in my everyday life.”