Bookclubs have sprung up all over the Internet. They come in many flavours.

Some, provide witty banter and interesting insights, like The Afterword Reading Society. Others, including the club hosted by Hannah Sung at CBC and the grassroots club on goodreads, which has a membership of over 7,000 strong, suggest books for members to buy. You can join Chatelaine’s book club, or those run by Doubleday and Penguin that offer discounts on books that are bought directly from the publisher. This is just to name a few.

Now, literary communities are getting in on the act. The Rumpus and The Nervous Breakdown have recently announced subscription-based bookclubs. For a monthly fee, you are mailed a book and encouraged to chime in. Both are working with like-minded publishers to get new books into the hands of eager readers. Subscriptions, of course, are slightly more for ‘international’ readers (that’s us).

Do we need a Bookninja bookclub? When George’s prorogue is over, I’ll have Steven ask him.