Public Domain

[close] About the Group Welcome! We’re a Vancouver-based reading crew for people who love the classics and want to read them in a friendly, low-pressure way. We rotate between plays (Shakespeare & friends), classic novels (Tolstoy, Austen, Ibsen, etc.), and a monthly Harvard Classics Coffee Club pick (short, actionable reads like Ben Franklin’s Autobiography). Think: big ideas, zero academic gatekeeping. Who this is for Readers who want thoughtful conversation without homework police People curious about “the great books” and how they apply to real life Vancouver locals who may meet in person—non-Vancouver readers still welcome to join threads and chats How we read 1–2 selections per month (mix of short plays, short stories, essays, or manageable chunks of longer books) Discussion threads open a week before meetups with prompts + key quotes In-person meetups (cafés / library rooms) when possible, plus ongoing online chats “Come even if you didn’t finish”—we’ll post summaries and passages Typical Picks Plays: Twelfth Night, A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesman Novels/Novellas: Hadji Murat, The Stranger, Jane Eyre (selections welcome) Harvard Classics: Franklin, Emerson essays, Marcus Aurelius selections, Montaigne, Plato dialogues (short!) Why join Because classics don’t have to be stuffy. We read to think better, live better, and have great conversations—with a warm, curious crowd.

[close] Juxtopolis is a project that writes crossovers using Public Domain or Creative Commons works. In this book club, we get to know the material we will be working with.

[close] A group dedicated to books that are available for free. In this group we talk about public-domain books, where to get them, what books are available on a particular topic, what new books have recently entered the public-domain, and subjects generally related to public-domain books. "The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." - Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)

[close] The Random Banana's Public Domain Book Club is a weekly subscription, with new chapters of a public domain book being sent to your inbox each week. This group is for the discussion of these books as we read them. Visit https://therandombanana.com/books to sign up. Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash