Poonga Book Club

A free-wheeling open-to-all book club that meets every month first Sunday at Semmozhi Poonga, Chennai or online. Curated by @justjots @chenthil_nathan

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Please note that this meet, originally scheduled for today is being moved by a week to Sunday, June 8th.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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Ok, topic for the Sunday, June 1st book club online meet:
"Fiction set in Tropical countries, other than India"

(Refer pic of Tropical countries for those who need to brush up their geography)

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DM for the meet link

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Ok, topic for the Sunday, June 1st book club online meet:
"Fiction set in Tropical countries, other than India"

(Refer pic of Tropical countries for those who need to brush up their geography)

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We will be at the Poonga at 5pm next Sunday, March 16th. Follow us on whatsapp to get updates

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Since most of our followers have moved on from active engagement on twitter, we are now available on whatsapp as well.
Do follow us there if that’s convenient
https://t.co/EruIfNKUxV

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Since most of our followers have moved on from active engagement on twitter, we are now available on whatsapp as well.
Do follow us there if that’s convenient
https://t.co/EruIfNKUxV

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DM to know more

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Online:
We will resume Poongabook online meets in April. Themes:

*April* - AI (in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, either written by AI or about AI or AI plays a significant role in the text). April 6th, 5pm starting time.

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Offline:
We will continue to meet every third Sunday in-person in Chennai’s Semmozhi Poonga. Mar 16th, Apr 20th, May 18th, 5pm starting time.

Topics for discussion for offline will be shared closer to the dates.

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We will continue our online monthly meet on the first Sundays of the month. If you are based outside Chennai, these online meetings are our way of welcoming you to our conversations. Join us on Sunday, July 7th, for the July online meet, where our theme is “Books based in Italy”

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The Poonga Book Club is now back at the Semmozhi Poonga!
This is where we started in Nov 2017 before Covid pushed us online. We will now meet on the third Sunday of every month at the Poonga. Join us at 5.00 PM on 16th June. Let's keep the conversation going. #ChennaiReaders

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“Sportswriting” is the theme for the June Poonga book meet.

Read a book on this theme, join us online on Sunday, June 2nd at 6pm IST.

DM us here or follow us on insta @poongabook to get the link for the meet.

Let’s keep the conversation going!

[Lavanya Gopinath @justjots]

Well, here’s MS Dhoni’s smart way of holding everyone accountable!
(From Paddy Upton’s The Barefoot Coach)

“Sportswriting” is the theme for the June Poonga book meet.

Read a book on this theme, join us online on Sunday, June 2nd at 6pm IST. Let’s keep the conversation going!

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How many books is too many books?
If you think you spend a lot on books then you are going to like this post

https://t.co/PrsFo6sQas

Also, give us a follow on insta. Let’s keep the conversation going!

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Poongabookclub is now on instagram. Give us a follow!
https://t.co/JKBJwnZ7zF

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This September we will be doing a Poonga Special - we are going to discuss Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke & Ashes.
Online on Sunday, September 3rd at 4pm IST.

DM to join the conversation.

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Link to the original article https://t.co/3O5RxxDArm

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Poonga book club was covered in the Indian Express .

Thanks @arch_types 🙌🏼

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We are back from our summer break!

The next Poonga meet will be online on July 2nd at 4pm IST.

The theme for July is *Experimental Writing* - any written work that was considered experimental when it was published.

Read any book on this theme and DM to join the conversation.

[Siddhaarth @TheNellaFella]

The @PoongaBook club meets have become something I look forward to every month 📖

If you're a bibliophile in Chennai, do come by :D !
@justjots @chenthil_nathan

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As the Poonga book club takes a summer break from sync meets, how about we continue our book conversation async?

Our reading prompt for you for Apr-May is “Homecoming”.

Read a book on this theme and share your observations in this thread. Let’s keep the conversation going ✨