About Cuento
A smaller kind of book club.
Cuento is a few neighbours who read the way you do, meeting close to home. This is the story of why it exists.
It started with a book I wanted to talk about.
I moved to Vancouver in 2022 and went looking for a book club. What I pictured was small and close by: a handful of people who loved the same kind of book, a café we could all walk to, an easy standing hour on the calendar.
That version turned out to be hard to find. So I decided to build it, and to make finding it the easy part for everyone who comes after me. A short survey, a little patience, and then a few neighbours who read like you do.
Small, local, and genuinely yours.
Three simple convictions shape everything: why the survey is short, why circles stay small, and why the introduction is the only email we send.
Reading is better shared
A novel you finish alone is only half-finished. The conversation afterward is the other half, so we build everything around it.
Small circles go deep
Four to eight readers means everyone gets to speak, and everyone gets heard. That is the whole point.
Close to home keeps it going
When your circle is a short walk away, showing up stays easy. The best book club is the one you can reach on a Sunday morning.
Cuento is Spanish.
It means story, and also I tell. We loved that it holds both at once: the thing you share, and the act of sharing it.
That's what a good book club really is. People telling each other what moved them.
A note from Patrick.
Cuento is the book club I wished I could have joined the week I arrived. Small enough to feel like friends, and close enough to walk to.
It stays quiet on purpose. A short survey, no public profile, one introduction, and a café within walking distance. We wait until we find readers who genuinely suit you, and we only charge $15 on the day your circle forms.
I hope you find your circle here. I made this so you could.
Patrick, Vancouver, BC
A few neighbours.
A good book.
Answer the survey. We'll write to you the moment we find enough compatible readers nearby.