Aalto Readers' Club
***We are already looking for a new organizing team. There would be no in-person session until further notice. Please feel free to contact farzin.irandoost@aalto.fi ***
We read books together and provide a safe space to engage in conversation and exchange opinions while meeting on the Aalto campus—every 4 weeks, on Tuesdays at 17:30.
This event is open to all members of the Aalto University community. Everyone is warmly welcome to join us. So let's enjoy the after-work discussions together and refreshments provided by the Aalto Sci EDI fund.
We read books together and provide a safe space to engage in conversation and exchange opinions while meeting on the Aalto campus—every 4 weeks, on Tuesdays at 17:30.
This event is open to all members of the Aalto University community. Everyone is warmly welcome to join us. So let's enjoy the after-work discussions together and refreshments provided by the Aalto Sci EDI fund.
Where
V301 BIZ Lounge (3rd floor)
Ekonominaukio 1
Registration period:
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Event language(s)
English
In our events, we are committed to Aalto University’s principles for a safer space.
Next to read (Theme - Title):
- April: South Asian heritage - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
- May: Nature - Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille Dungy
- June: Books that have a movie or TV series adaptation - TBD
Previous readings:
2026
- January: Dystopia - Animal Farm by George Orwell
- February: Feminism - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- March: About Iran - Two Centuries of Silence by Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob
2025
- January: Coming of Age - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- February: Short story collections - Gogol’s short stories (The Nose, The Overcoat, and Mirogorod)!
- March: Finnish literature - Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #2) by Tove Jansson
- April: Cultural Clash - The Hive and the Honey: Stories by Paul Yoon
- May: Postcolonial literature - The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
- June: Runner-ups for our 2025 voting - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino!
- July & August: Summer vacation!
- September: Journey is the plot - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- October: Award-winning books - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- November: Nordic Noir - The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
- December: Pikkujoulu - Pre-Christmas gathering
2024
- September: Fantasy - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- October: Biography/Memoir - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- November: Halloween - Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
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December: Love - Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
We're all about democracy when it comes to book selection! You can suggest your favourite books, and then we'll put it to a vote to make a to-read list for the Book Club. If you wish to contribute and get in touch with everyone, you'll be added to a Telegram group.
Please send us your contact information via the registration link.