Weekly Chapter Circle
Every Wednesday · 7:30 PM ET
Online — members' video room
Ninety minutes on the week's assigned chapters. Cameras optional, preparation is not. Moderated by a rotating member chair.
Convene
Meeting Schedule
The Society keeps a steady rhythm — weekly circles, monthly plenaries, and a quarterly salon in the Long Gallery.
Monthly Plenary
First Sunday of the month · 3:00 PM ET
Online + Reading Room, Hall B
The full membership convenes to close the previous selection, vote on next month's title, and hear the founder's remarks.
Quarterly Curios Salon
Last Friday of each quarter · 6:00 PM ET
In person — The Long Gallery
An evening with a featured author, followed by an open-floor discussion and the unveiling of the quarter's curio.
New Members' Orientation
Second Tuesday of the month · 6:30 PM ET
Online — orientation room
A short welcome for arriving members: how the reading cycle works, how voting works, and how to take the floor.
House rules
How our meetings run
Four conventions keep the conversation worth attending.
Read first
Come having finished the assigned range. Spoilers are permitted.
One floor
A single conversation at a time, chaired and time-boxed.
Cite the text
Arguments are grounded in a page, a line, a passage.
Disagree well
Rigor is welcome; contempt is not.