A novel online book club raises money for Hope charity

A novel online book club where readers meet their favourite authors is raising funds for the Hope Foundation. Helen O’Callaghan zooms in

Hope Foundation Zoom book club, above is a screen shot of Donal Ryan’s book club session.

A dark Wednesday evening, pre-Halloween, and 39 women are gathered for the Hope Foundation’s Zoom book club.

“We’re getting used to seeing each other in squares,” says the Charlotte Nagle, charity’s communication manager, who hosts the live interactive monthly meetings, which started in July and which feature something “a bit special”: the author of the chosen book also attends.