We are now The Feminist Book Club!
Take a read of our latest blog and hear why we are changing from London Feminist Book Club to The Feminist Book Club!
Our lovely new logo
Over the last four years, what started out as South London Feminist Book Club has grown far beyond our wildest dreams. Set up in the pandemic to create a sense of community while the country was in lockdown, South London Feminist Book Club originally met monthly via Zoom to chat about a book, and try our best to have a bit of escapism from the horrors of Covid-19.
Fast forward two years, the book club was back to in-person meetings, and soon the demand grew for a club north of the river. At this point, we felt we needed something to establish both book clubs, so that they weren’t stand alone clubs. This is where we celebrate the birth of London Feminist Book Club CIC, a community interest company which exists to benefit the community.
What happens when you launch a community interest company? Well, you need professional support of course. So, we recruited a board of non-executive directors to assist us in making wider business decisions and to ensure we could grow both book clubs while remaining committed to our core values - creating safe spaces that come together on a monthly basis to read books by women, but are open to all.
We are extremely lucky to have a board of incredibly talented women, who have a huge amount of expertise in the following sectors - publishing, writing, business, the charity sector and women’s rights.
We’ve developed such an incredible network of people over the last four years, but we are growing - and fast! We have now set up two book clubs outside of London - in Bristol and Sheffield, and we have plans for more to launch across the country in the next couple of months!
To reflect the incredible growth we’ve witnessed, and the community we have created, we have decided to re-brand from London Feminist Book Club to The Feminist Book Club.
We want to hear from women’s voices across the country, and while we know London is a gorgeous literary hub and will continue to serve this area, we’re keen to shine a light on literature outside of the capital and reach new audiences, wherever they are.
That’s why The Feminist Book Club will aim to work with regional authors and independent publishers (whilst always being grateful for the support from the big seven), as well as encourage our members to visit local businesses where our events will be held.
A huge thanks to the authors who have partnered with us, the venues which have hosted us and the publishers for their kind book donations.
None of this could have happened without the time and patience of our incredible network of volunteers, thank you for helping us go from strength to strength. We hope our members are as excited about the change as we are!
We hope you are as excited as we are for our future, and you’ll support our transition to becoming The Feminist Book Club as it evolves into its next stage, and we hope to keep bringing communities together through a shared love of reading, for a very long time.
We hope to have everything transitioned over to The Feminist Book Club in the next couple of weeks, but as always, we do this alongside full-time jobs, so please be patient and forgiving whilst we change the logos over - we are continuously learning as we grow!