Pocket Diary Book Club

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Reading books together

Not a book of the month — editions. We open to a random passage, read it aloud, dramatize the good bits, and stay long after the chapter ends.

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Since

2022

Gatherings held

Fifty-nine

Names on the list

One thousand five hundred

Volumes on the shelf

Eight hundred fifty-five

Ways to belong

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I Editions Passages read aloud, arguments settled over chai. II Reading Room A cosy room, shelves within reach, quiet hours. III Reader Retreat Hills, a river, conversations that outlast the books. IV Kitabee Trek We walk, we carry paperbacks, we read where the view stops us. V Workshops Reading and storytelling sessions for teams and campuses. VI Book Swap Bring one you have finished, leave with one you have not. VII Blind Book Date Wrapped in paper, no title, only a hint. Say yes anyway. VIII Events Dates, cities, and what we are reading next.

Latest editions

All editions→

2023-01-01 Edition 1 Words that outlasted the tea in our cups and the conversations that followed. 2023-06-14 Edition 2 A borrowed living room, twelve readers, and one rule: read aloud. 2023-06-14 Edition 3 Pages turning slowly beneath the old trees, each reader carrying a world in their paperback.

Read & Roam

All journeys→

24 – 27 December 2026 Christmas at Landour (Winter Literary Retreat 2026) A quiet winter retreat in the misty hills of Landour with fireplace reading, Ruskin Bond trails, and pine-scented walks. December 2025 Polo Forest Edition 2.0 (The Yellow Nano Adventures) Reading among ancient forest ruins and riverbeds beneath the winter canopy. February 2026 The Beauty of Thol (Dawn Lake Picnic) Early morning sunrise reading picnic at Thol Lake with 19 readers and migratory birds.

From the journal

Fateh Safari Retreat, Kumbhalgarh “Some trips are not planned. They simply happen… and become memories.” There are journeys that begin with bookings, itineraries, and… The Beauty of Thol “The sun climbs high in the sky, then starts down. People come, then go. The time breezes by. That’s like… Polo Forest Edition 2.0 (or The Yellow Nano Adventures) THE GANG Priya -> The OG. The friendly Neighbourhood Chair Stealer. Chirag -> The OG.…