JANUARY IWWOF HELSINKI BOOK CLUB — Decolonize Your Bookshelf
Schedule
Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Levant | Helsinki, ES
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In January the theme is Decolonize Your Bookshelf —Global South Classics.🌿 It is inspired by this reel https://www.instagram.com/reels/DMHVzrrKvoY/
🌿 Here is a suggestion list.
If you like western classics from the left, try Global South classics from the right!
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen → So Long a Letter, Mariama Bâ
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky → Season of Migration to the North, Tayeb Salih
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert → The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector
1984, George Orwell → The Queue, Basma Abdel Aziz
The Trial, Franz Kafka → Petals of Blood, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë → Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Iliad, Homer → The Epic of Sundiata, attributed to Djeli Mamoudou Kouyaté (oral tradition)
Les Misérables, Victor Hugo → The Famished Road, Ben Okri
🌿Here is our Wastapp chat where we discuss our book choices and all things books: https://chat.whatsapp.com/G8WAtpz24fC91ABLktsuEu
🥑 Please respond as "going" if you are planning to come so I know how many seats to book.
🍋🟩WHAT TO BRING: yourself!
🌿WHEN: Friday, January 30th, from 18.00 to 20.00 (Helsinki time)
🥑WHERE: Levant Bulevardi
🫒 For those of us who are shy / feel like it's too much of commitment / or takes too much time: please know that this book club is very chill! We thrive to create a community built on inclusivity, curiosity, respect, and open discussion. You don’t have to commit to coming every time, or read the whole book, or read the book at all. The main idea is to meet at a nice place, enjoy food and drinks and talk books (and anything and everything else!)
🌿This is a womxn only event, please leave the boys at home 👯♀️
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Where is it happening?
Levant, Bulevarden 15, FI-00180 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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