BOOK CLUBS

After Dinner Book Club

We meet every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm at a book club member’s home. We enjoy books from all genres and have lively and engaging conversations. We hope you come and join us for an after-dinner drink at the after-dinner book club. If you are interested, please contact us. 

Contact Info:

Janet Valverde-Beck (Co-chair)

Email: valverdebeck@gmail.com

Karin Kaltenbach(Co-chair)

Email: karin.kaltenbach@gmail.com

English Book Club Grüningen

We are an English language book club, meeting in members’ homes in and around Zürich. Together we enjoy selecting, reading and discussing a diverse range of books.

Contact Info:

Brigitte von Weissenfluh (Co-chair)

Tel: 043 833 92 70

Email: weissenfluh-rungius@bluewin.ch

Sylvie Smith (Co-chair)

Email: sylviesmith@hotmail.com

English Book Club Zollikon

Our book club members live mainly in and around the area between Zollikon and Meilen, on the east side of the lake. We meet in the afternoon, on the second Tuesday of the month in members’ homes. Our choice of books is as diverse as our membership!

Contact Info:

Pinky Niggli (Co-chair)

Tel: 044 391 72 74

Email: pinky@bniggli.ch

Barbara Isler, (Co-chair)

Tel: 044 923 27 94

Email: isler.barbara@bluewin.ch

English Book Club Central Zürich

We meet monthly, usually on the fourth Thursday afternoon of the month, in a restaurant in central Zürich. We enjoy interesting, active and fun meetings, where we discuss books chosen by our members.

Contact Info:

Regina Engel (Chairperson)

Email: regina.e@gmx.ch

English Book Club Goldcoast

Our members take turns choosing books and hosting meetings, on the Gold Coast (east side of Lake Zürich), usually on the first Wednesday evening of the month. Our discussions are lively, entertaining and are accompanied by drinks and light food.

Contact Info:

Janice Joutsikoski (Co-chair)

Email: jjoutsikosksi@gmail.com

Claire Ironside (Co-chair)

Email: c_ironside@yahoo.co.uk

English Book Club Parkside

Our book club is open to members living on the west side of Lake Zürich (between Enge and Horgen). We usually get together on the last Wednesday afternoon of the month. Each member takes turns hosting our fun, informative meetings in her home once a year.

Contact Info:

Pamela Braunschweig (Chairperson)

Tel: 044 910 45 48

Email: pam.braunschweig@outlook.com

French Book Club Kreis 1 Zürich

We meet on Monday afternoons, approximately every 5 – 6 weeks in a central Zürich hotel.

Contact Info:

Lise Marchand (Chairperson)

Email: lise.marchand@bluemail.ch

Italian Book Club

We have a passion for the Italian language and its literature and love getting together, usually on Thursdays every 5-6 weeks in our members’ homes. We enjoy the lively environment and enriching discussions that arise from both classical and contemporary reading.

Contact Info:

Giovanna Viggiano (Co-chair)

Email: giovanna_viggiano@sunrise.ch

Cristina Fischer (Co-chair)

Email: cristinafischer701@gmail.com

Spanish Book Club Zürich

We Spanish-speaking members create a lively, entertaining and informative atmosphere when we meet in each other’s homes, usually on the last Wednesday of every month. We all play a part in choosing our books and greatly value the opportunity to be among friends with a common interest.

Contact Info:

Maria Alejandra Serantes (Chairperson)

Email:  alejandraserantes@gmail.com

Virtual Book Club

As the title suggest, this is a virtual book group. The idea behind this group is twofold; COVID restrictions made us house bound and in “normal” times we are connected to a book club when travelling and being in different time zones. If you would like to be part of this group and on the email list, please contact me.  I will use ZIWA Facebook to promote the next book on the reading list, and you can join in as much or as little as you want.  We currently meet via Zoom.

Meeting:  1 x monthly

Time: 7pm

Via Zoom

Contact Info:

Liz Davies (Chairperson)

Email: liz.davies@me.com

World Literature Book Group

Our book club focuses primarily on the works of Asian and Middle Eastern authors, read in English translation. We read widely across genres, from fiction, both classical and contemporary, to non-fiction, essays, poetry. We are an eclectic group, holding lively, wide-ranging discussions on the last Friday afternoon of the month in a central Zürich café.

Contact Info:

Elizabeth Dawson (Co-chair)

Email: coley.dino@icloud.com

Zorina Wehrli (Co-chair)

Email: zorinawa@gmail.com