The Ribbon
Everyone sees the club moving through the book together, so nobody needs a nudge from you.
For book club organisers
Bookfolk suggests a book chosen for your members and says why it fits. Then it sends a box for each of them: the book, a few well-chosen objects, and room for your handwritten note.
Getting started
Your club, set up in an evening.
About fifteen minutes from sign-up to your first invite. You can change everything later.
- About 10 min
Write your Charter
Ten minutes of conversation. We turn it into a page members read before they ask to join.“Old colleagues who miss arguing about ideas. One book a month, a long dinner.” - About 2 min
Name it, give it a mark
Choose a crest, describe one for us to draw, or upload your own logo.The Tuesday Lot - About 1 min
Set your seats
Any number, or no limit. Private, invite-only, or listed in Discover.12 seats · Listed - About 1 min
Invite your people
Share a link. Strangers can find you too, if you want them to.bookfolk.app/i/tuesday
How it works
Five steps, and the reading is the longest.
Write your Charter
A ten-minute conversation about who you are and what you love. We turn it into a page members will read before they ask to join.Get three picks
Each month: a kindred book, a stretch and a wildcard, each with plain reasons tied to your Charter. Approve one or put it to a vote.Curate the box
We suggest objects that belong with the book. Add or swap anything from the catalogue and see your cost and margin live.Pack and write
Everything arrives at your door. Write a note in each box, or let us post them with your words printed inside.Read, then gather
Read at your own pace with the Ribbon and the Margins, then meet for the evening the whole month was for.
Step 1 of 5
The box
Every object is there for a reason.
December’s box for The Age of Innocence, as Leila opened it.
- The book, box editionWith a bookplate in your name.
- Opera ticket bookmarkThe novel opens at the opera.
- Violet pastillesOld New York, sweet and bitter.
- Letterpress place cardFor the seat you take at dinner.
- A note from PriyaThe part only she could write.
So you don’t have to chase anyone
What your members get.
They see the club moving, so you never send a reminder. Nobody is ranked, nobody is behind, and the conversation runs itself.
The check-in
One tap to say you read today. Any amount counts, and a missed day is never mentioned.
Margins
Book II · Old and YoungYou’re here
Book III · sealed14 notes waiting
Spoiler-safe chat by part. You don’t moderate who’s read what; sealed rooms do it for you.
For organisers
Designed for under 30 minutes of admin a month.
The Console shows the one thing to do next. Bookfolk takes payments, chases failed ones privately, and buys every book and object. You choose, curate, pack and write.
- Pick, curate, pack, read, gather: one timeline a month.
- Live cost and margin as you build the box.
- Members’ payment status, never amounts owed by name.
- Join requests with the reader’s card and a line from them.
What it costs you
Free to organise. Members pay their own way.
Bookfolk is the merchant of record, so you never collect money or chase anyone. You choose what members pay; the box is built to fit it.
Organising
Free
The Console, picks, the Charter, invites and support. No fee, ever.
Members’ dues, you choose
£24–£48
A month, per member. Covers the book and the box. Members can skip any month before lock day.
Above our 30% minimum
Club fund
Goes to your club: gathering costs, a better box next month, or a thank-you to you where enabled.
A December box at £32, for example
- Book
- £8.40
- Objects
- £4.97
- Packing & post
- £5.50
- Fees
- £1.13
- Our 30%
- £9.60
- Club fund
- £2.40
Example figures. Your Console shows the real cost and club fund live as you curate.
Questions
We designed it for under 30 minutes: approve a pick, curate the box, and pack it when it arrives. The Console always shows the one thing to do next.
No. Bookfolk is the merchant of record. Members pay their own dues through the app, and we buy every book and object.
We retry privately and tell only them. You see “retrying”, never an amount or a reason.
Yes. We suggest three picks with reasons, but you can approve one, put it to a vote, or ask for different options.
We swap in something of equal or greater value and tell you before it ships.
Only the one you set. Any number, or no limit at all.
Yes, to any member, from the Console. Members get 30 days’ notice of any change.
Bring your people together.
Free to organise. Your Charter takes about ten minutes.
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