# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gathering of the Bookalos: Historic Sites Edition 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Want to carve out time to read but don't want the pressure to finish and discuss a specific book?  Want to learn what others are reading and low-key socialize? It sounds to us like you may be a Bookalo.
 
The Gathering of the Bookalos is an off-site BYOBook Silent Book Club. There is no assigned reading, you just bring whatever book in whatever format you'd like and read it quietly alongside others who are doing the same thing. That's it. 
 
It's a time dedicated to quiet reading, learning about what others are reading, and hanging with folks out in the community, and, this summer, we are partnering with the folks at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) State Historic Sites Springfield, to gather in various beautiful and important spaces around town. 
 
This month's location is the Dana-Thomas House!

More info here: https://www.lincolnlibrary.info/event/gathering-bookalos-springfield-historic-sites-edition-35946
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/gathering-of-the-bookalos-historic-sites-edition/200030577504533
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 28

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Springfield
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 326 S 7th St, Springfield, IL, United States, Illinois 62701
- **lat**: 39.7986
- **long**: -89.6458
- **full address**: 326 S 7th St, Springfield, IL, United States, Illinois 62701

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Gathering of the Bookalos: Historic Sites Edition  being held?
  - **A:** Gathering of the Bookalos: Historic Sites Edition  takes place on Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 04:30 pm at 326 S 7th St, Springfield, IL, United States, Illinois 62701.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Gathering of the Bookalos: Historic Sites Edition ?
  - **A:** Gathering of the Bookalos: Historic Sites Edition  is organized by Lincoln Library, The Public Library of Springfield, IL.

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