Don't forget! If you're a PBC VIP at *any* level (including the $5 tier) you get digital freebies every month! For April, there are new phone screens, a reading tracker, & a book review sheet. Visit www.peculiarbookclub.com for all the info! 💙📚

We're so excited for our 2026 line-up! Great books, authors, & events - & all for FREE! Everyone is welcome to join our monthly live, virtual author chats! 💙📚 Want more (like movie night, an online murder mystery game, & SWAG?)? Become a VIP member for as little as $5/month! peculiarbookclub.com

Of course! Here you go! And remember, for 2026, ALL our Live author events will be free, but VIP members will get some fantastic extra events, plus cool swag! :). Thanks for all your support!

Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. Join us as we chat Live with Mimi Zieman about her inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir. Free this Thursday! www.youtube.com/live/2t1BubJ...

Join Riley Black & Bethany Brookshire in the Peculiar Book Club THIS THURSDAY for a Live Virtual chat! They'll be talking: When the Earth Was Green - Plants, Animals, & Evolution's Greatest Romance. This is a special VIP Members-only Live event - sign up for only $5! www.patreon.com/c/peculiarbo...

It's only mid-April but we've already had some fabulous chats with some fabulous authors in our Peculiar Book Club events! Mark your calendars and don't miss out on the rest of the season! 📚💙

NEW PODCAST! This Feb 20th, we will be hosting CARL ZIMMER on the podcast! We talk about his latest, Air-Borne. Please join us on your favorite platorm--the link to apple is here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... #newrelease #science #book #bookclub #podcast #booklover #podcasting

Did you know we also have some audio-only podcasts? Our next one drops Feb.20 & is an interview with Carl Zimmer about his latest nonfiction, AIR-BORNE. You can find the Peculiar Book Club podcast in all the usual places where you listen to your podcasts, so why not check us out?

Our 2025 season has already started! If you missed our first show of the year, there's still time to catch up, plus mark your calendars so you don't miss any of our upcoming shows! We have some fabulous guests and you can chat with them LIVE. Almost all our shows are free so why not check us out?

Need a last minute gift? If you know someone who enjoys peculiar subjects, science books, & interesting oddities, why not get them a membership to the Peculiar Book Club? They'll get access to all of our 2025 events! brandyschillace.com/peculiar/. To purchase: www.patreon.com/PeculiarBook...

Busy checking people off your shopping list? Need a break? If you enjoy peculiar subjects, science books, & other interesting oddities, why not treat yourself to a 2025 membership to the Peculiar Book Club? Purchase a full year now & get 10% the membership price! www.patreon.com/peculiarbook...

Did you know there's also a Peculiar Book Club podcast? Hear host Brandy Schillace chat with best-selling authors of science, history, and peculiar non-fiction, get inside peeks at upcoming books, and catch 'Peculiar at the Movies' with Davey Berris. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Yes! And our next season just dropped, too! More authors to add 😄

Beyond excited to reveal our Season 6 2025 Peculiar Book Club lineup! Check out all the LIVE virtual author events we have planned! Almost all the shows are free, with a few extra special shows for our VIP members (membership starts at $5/mth!). For more info: brandyschillace.com/peculiar/

This Thursday! Pulitzer-prize winner Deborah Blum (THE POISONER'S HANDBOOK) chats with Amit Katwala (TREMORS IN THE BLOOD) & Patti McCracken (ANGEL MAKERS)! This week's show is VIP-ONLY for $5+ Patreon (or annual) members. Join today so you don't miss this event! brandyschillace.com/peculiar-mem...

We'll be unveiling our 2025 event line-up soon but we've been thinking about what we offer & how best to serve our book club members & this is where we need YOUR help! Please take a few minutes to fill out a short survey - your input would help SO much! THANK YOU! forms.gle/dN82xvBrjHHX...

Did you know we have a podcast? Host Brandy Schillace chats with best-selling authors of science, history, & peculiar non-fiction, plus get inside peeks at upcoming books, & catch 'Peculiar at the Movies' with Davey Berris. Search for the 'Peculiar Book Club' podcast in your favorite podcast player!

Don't miss Daniel Kraus chatting with Mary Roach on our next VIP virtual event! Join us & learn the best possible escape routes out of an 80ft, 60 ton whale & more. You never know when that will come in handy! 2 amazing authors in 1 amazing show - coming July 27. www.patreon.com/PeculiarBook...

Did you miss our LIVE author chat yesterday? Don't miss another 1 - join the book club that’s as fun & peculiar as you are! 💙📚 brandyschillace.com/peculiar/ Subscribe to our YouTube to catch up on missed shows & be notified when there's a new video! www.youtube.com/@peculiarboo...

Whether we like it or not, how we look affects how we're treated. In Zara Stone’s book KILLER LOOKS, she writes “Beauty privilege is real, & it’s real uncomfortable.” What does appearance bias mean for us? Find out on July 11, at our LIVE EVENT with Zara Stone. FREE on the Peculiar book club!

Did you miss our last author event? We still have lots of great ones coming up so make sure you're signed up to our newsletter to get advance notice! Along with the free show-links, you get recipes for book cocktails, previews for music & events sent right to your email. subscribepage.io/Ip9rwS

What happens when #racism isn't a bug in the system—but IS the system? How do you save others if you need to save yourself? Anthony Chin-Quee’s memoir, I CAN’T SAVE YOU, presents the trauma of our medical education system, & the trauma of living & caring. Don’t miss this FREE VIRTUAL event!

Get to know Dr. Liz Faber! Liz is Assistant Prof. of English & Communication at Dean College in Franklin, MA & teaches writing, lit, & communication. Chat LIVE with Liz (& guest host Rebecca Gibson) on June 13 at a special PBC VIP members-only event - join now! brandyschillace.com/peculiar-mem...

On June 13 we’re chatting with Liz Faber, author of THE COMPUTER’S VOICE, a romp thru feminist psychoanalysis. Join guest host Rebecca Gibson, author of THE BAD CORSET, A FEMINIST REIMAGINING, for this PBC VIP members event. Not a member? Join for only $5/mo! brandyschillace.com/peculiar-mem...

Want to join our amazing Book Club but don't know where to start? Most of our book chats are FREE so why not check us out? AND, if you want to take part in the VIP-only events we have a very affordable $5 monthly rate too. Check out all member levels & benefits: brandyschillace.com/peculiar-mem...

Ever look up at the night sky & wonder what else is really out there? If so, then you must join our LIVE CHAT with “1 of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre”, Marc Hartzman, author of WE ARE NOT ALONE. Bring your questions & join us THIS THURSDAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMj...

Cemeteries. Bone yards. Mausoleums - they tell our human history—& national history, too. Join our LIVE CHAT with Greg Melville, author of OVER MY DEAD BODY, this Thurs! His book takes readers on a journey via cemeteries - from mass graves to digital graveyards & more www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smmv...

DYK a 150lb human body contains 60 elements, including “enough carbon to make 25lbs of charcoal & enough chlorine to disinfect several backyard pools?” Dan Levitt's book, WHAT'S GOT INTO YOU, is a book about, well, YOU. Join us to chat live with Dan THIS THURSDAY! Sign up: subscribepage.io/Ip9rwS

Next show up - we're celebrating pi day with Sheril Kirshenbaum and UNSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (we're hard to scare at PBC, but this one sends a chill down our spines) on March 14th - usual time, usual place! Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter for links and drinks: subscribepage.io/Ip9rwS

Don’t miss this extra special show for our VIPs! This Thursday @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social will be hosting @pwcraddock.bsky.social to discuss SPARE PARTS! Join our VIP list ($5 gets you in!) to get access to the live show www.patreon.com/PeculiarBook...