Godmothers Gather: The Elsewhere Book Club

The Elsewhere Book Club returns.

Some books are tickets that take you somewhere new; others are lenses that change the way you see where you are. The Elsewhere Book Club is for readers who want both.

Riley Reed, Godmothers’ head of live & digital storytelling, has always been drawn to stories that transport—across borders, languages, and ways of seeing. As an avid French learner with deep ties to the culture, she’s especially interested in contemporary French literature in translation: works that carry both intimacy and distance, clarity and mystery.

This next series centers on newly released translated French titles for 2026, novels that are atmospheric, psychologically rich, and quietly expansive. Books that linger. Books that shift something.

Over the coming months, we’ll read:

• WEDNESDAY, MAY 06 “Small Boat” by Vincent Delacroix
• TUESDAY, JUNE 16 “The Witch” by Marie NDiaye
• TUESDAY, JULY 14 “Tata” by Valérie Perrin
• TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 “We Were Forbidden” by Jacqueline Harpman

We’ll gather each month for thoughtful, open-ended conversations. Come to reflect, to listen, to share—no pressure, just a shared curiosity and a love of reading. If you’re looking for books that expand the world around you and the one inside you, join us. Let’s go elsewhere.

All meetings will run from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Please only sign up for this series if you can attend at least three of the four meetings.

This event will be hosted in our third-floor workshop space, which is only accessible by stairs.