"M olly Dunn had always wanted to join a book club. Until last winter, the twenty-five-year-old had been too busy or distracted to find the right one. The opportunity to start one struck when she began a new job as a sales associate at BMV, a Toronto bookstore. With her manager's permission, she set a date for the inaugural meeting and posted an announcement to the store's Instagram page. The question was: Would anyone come?"
"Her manager had stipulated that at least four people needed to attend, and Dunn was already wondering if she'd have to call on friends to fill the spots. The weather was one issue: the first meetup was set to take place on a Tuesday at the end of February. The city was still reeling from the aftermath of a winter storm, with little to no snow cleared on the slippery sidewalks."
Molly Dunn launched a book club at BMV, a Toronto bookstore, after starting as a sales associate. She secured her manager's permission, set an inaugural meeting date, and posted an announcement on the store's Instagram. Despite a late-February winter storm, ice on sidewalks, and concerns that book clubs might seem old-fashioned, seventeen people attended the first meeting. Subsequent gatherings consistently drew twenty to twenty-five guests until Dunn paused events upon starting a master's degree. Meetings featured platters of cheese, crackers, doughnuts, coffee, and tea. Attendees included young adults and people from diverse backgrounds who sought English-language book-club spaces.
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