17 February – 15 December

Afterwork Book Club : Reading Differently

A welcoming book club that explores how reading can be experienced in new ways. Each meeting offers thematic discussions, rapid book pitches and practical writing workshops designed to stimulate imagination and critical reading. Sessions investigate narrative tropes, celebrate disruptive contemporary literature and propose exercises to develop creative writing practice. Participants exchange perspectives, deconstruct genres and discover new approaches to reading, interpretation and collective creation.

In French.

Boulevard des Promenades 2,
1227 Carouge Genève
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