Retreat by Random House

Welcome to the Retreat Book Club! We are  a fun, informal group who meets digitally 4 times a year to discuss great books. Click here to join in the fun and be sure to come back on April 30th because we’ll be chatting with Tanis Rideout, author of Above All Things. Above All Things by [...]

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Chapters-Indigo | Amazon The Dinner by Herman Koch I read this book and immediately wanted to talk about it. But I couldn’t think of a way to talk about it with people who haven’t read it yet. It’s one of those books that you can’t say anything about without spoiling it. Honestly, I think it’s [...]

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You’ve heard of food and wine pairings, but have you heard of book and cocktail pairings? We thought it would be fun to combine some of our favourite books with some delicious looking cocktails! Check out our seven combinations below. If you have a great and creative book and cocktail pairing, be sure to share [...]

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Working in book publishing, I hear many endearing stories about book clubs: how they operate, how they pick their books, how their members found each other and came together to discuss all kinds of literature. We all know that many things make a book club special, it doesn’t matter what you read or how many [...]

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  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Chapters-Indigo | Amazon To be completely honest, I didn’t think I would enjoy The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. A book about an old man walking across England to deliver a letter to a former coworker who is dying of cancer didn’t seem like something I could relate [...]

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Breath-taking, enchanting, magical, wild – these are just some of the words that come to mind when I think of South Africa. Now I will be the first to admit that I am a little biased. Having lived in Johannesburg for the greater part of my life, I am definitely one of South Africa’s biggest [...]

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Last week we visited the exotic locale of Morocco, filled with fragrant foods, mosaic floors and soothing music. This week we’ve decided to stay a little closer to home and take a tour around our startlingly beautiful country, Canada. Since many of you are already familiar with the cuisine and culture of Canada, we’ll run [...]

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Do you want to travel the world exploring exotic cultures, languages, art and nature? Why, yes, of course you do! So rather than spending months scouring Expedia and spending thousands of your hard-earned dollars, simply stop by Retreat by Random House every second Wednesday. We’ll help you experience alluring locales like Korea, South Africa, Israel [...]

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Do you want to travel the world exploring exotic cultures, languages, art and nature? Why, yes, of course you do! So rather than spending months scouring Expedia and spending thousands of your hard-earned dollars, simply stop by Retreat by Random House every second Wednesday. We’ll help you experience alluring locales like Korea, South Africa, Israel [...]

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