Book Club Day UK 2025

This week our libraries across Blaenau Gwent are celebrating Book Club Day, a national celebration of book clubs, connection, and community from The Reading Agency.

Throughout the week we will be celebrating the power of shared reading, promoting the positive benefits that being part of a reading club can bring to people and hopefully fostering a community of readers.

Research from The Reading Agency, which collated information from book clubs across the UK, shows that:

• 94% read more widely, feel more connected to others and talk about reading with others

• 91% find reading more enjoyable when they can discuss the book with others

• 90% feel happier

• 78% feel more confident to try other things

• 77% read more

They also found, participation in shared book clubs is linked to enhanced relaxation, calmness, concentration, quality of life, confidence and self-esteem, as well as feelings of shared community and common purpose.

If you have ever thought about joining a book club, we have several book clubs based in our libraries across Blaenau Gwent:

• Abertillery Library ~ meet the first Tuesday of the month.

• Blaina Library ~ meet each month on a Tuesday at 2.30pm.

• Brynmawr Library ~ meet the first Tuesday of the month at 2.15pm (the group is full and not taking new members at the moment).

• Cwm Library ~ meet the first Tuesday of the month at 10.15am.

• Ebbw Vale Library ~ meet every other Monday from 11am - 1pm.

• Tredegar Library ~ meet at the end of each month on a Saturday morning.

We also have an Online Book Club that can be accessed via Facebook for people who are unable to visit our library based book clubs in person.

For more information on any of these library book clubs, please contact your local library.

If you’re interested in setting up your own book club, The Reading Agency have set up The Book Club Hub to help you - find out more at bookclubhub.co.uk