An informal monthly book club for parents. Show up with your copy, someone else's copy, or no copy at all. Bring a snack recommendation. Leave the guilt about not finishing.
Upcoming dates
What it actually is
This is not a book club where people have strong opinions about the passive voice. It's a reason for parents to get out of the house, sit with other humans, and talk about something other than sleep schedules. The book is optional. The coffee is encouraged.
Come if you read zero pages. Come if you read the whole thing and are furious about the ending. Come if you read the back cover in the parking lot. All of these are valid.
The one thing we actually ask. A good coffee order, a pastry you've been thinking about, something you baked at 2 AM — bring the rec. Or just bring yourself.
We usually end up talking about something else by the end anyway. Books are just a starting point. What you're really here for is the company and the excuse to leave the house.
Obviously. Nursing, fussing, snoozing in a carrier — all welcome. So are older kids, partners, and anyone who is adjacent to a new parent and wants somewhere to be.
How it works
The next pick is voted in by whoever shows up. No committee, no curriculum. Usually something people actually want to read.
Life happens. Read the whole thing, half of it, or the back cover on the way there. Your perspective is welcome at any page count.
4th Saturday or Sunday, 10 AM. Arrive when you can, leave when you need to. Order something good. No one takes attendance.
At the end we do it again — nominate something, vote, grab a coffee for the road. See you next month.
Current read
July 2026
Bring your copy, borrow one, or show up having read the back cover. Either way, come — the conversation is the point.
View on StoryGraphThe only rule
Rule #1 of Book Club
Don't be a dick.
That's genuinely it. Be the reader you'd want to meet on a day you forgot everything past chapter three and are running purely on caffeine and good intentions.
When
4th Saturday or Sunday
Alternates each month. 10 AM — come and go as you please. No end time, no agenda.
Where
Café Jardin
Montréal, QC. A good spot to order a coffee and linger without anyone rushing you.
Cost
Free
Always. No sign-up, no registration, no RSVP. Just show up if you can make it.
The book
Bring it or don't
No required reading. No guilt about not finishing. Come for the conversation, the coffee, or just the excuse to leave the house.
Questions
See you at Café Jardin
No RSVP. No fee. No homework police. Just show up, at whatever page you're on.