The Living Room
Pull up a chair.
The Living Room is exactly what it sounds like, a shared space to talk about what you’re reading, find people to read with, and discover new perspectives you may not have considered before. Whether you are part of a long-standing book club, just starting one, or simply looking to join a conversation, you belong here.
Keep the conversation going.
Share your book club, find a new group, or leave a comment to share your thoughts. All of it matters. Reading is where it starts, but what we do with those ideas is what carries them forward.
This is your space as much as it is mine.
Welcome to The Living Room.
A Call to Resistance: Put Your Book Club on the Wall
Your book club belongs on the wall. Get listed, connect with other readers, and help build a community worth being part of.
Alberta has always had a complicated relationship with uncomfortable ideas. And lately, the list of books someone wants you to stop reading keeps getting longer.
We think that's worth pushing back on.
Lit Resistance started because banned books don't ban curiosity — they just make it harder to find good company. This wall exists to fix that. It's where Alberta's rebel readers find each other, compare notes, and remind anyone paying attention that a challenged book is usually just a book that's doing its job.
If your book club is reading the books others want shelved, you belong here.
We're building a directory of clubs across Alberta — in-person, virtual, hybrid, formal, informal, meeting in living rooms or library corners or the back booth of a bar. If you're gathering around books that make people squirm, we want to know about you.
Here's how it works:
Submit your club using the form below. We'll create your listing on the wall — your name, your city, how you meet, and a little about who you are. From there, readers can find you, reach out, or leave a comment. New clubs get added as they come in, so check back often.
This isn't a database. It's a community. There's a difference.
The wall is yours. Fill it.
Not Into Safe, Boring Book Clubs?
Good. Neither are we.
Join Lit Resistance and discover banned books, bold conversations, and a reading community that believes stories should challenge, provoke, and stay on the shelf—never behind locked doors.