Introduction
With Halloween approaching, a book club friend suggested a topic: Eastern ghost stories.
Ghosts were one way earlier generations understood the world. They give shape to fear, but also voice things people cannot, or dare not, say.
Fox spirits and ghosts may show affection for humans; humans do not always return it.
This week, we will turn out the lights and tell ghost stories. Each registered speaker should bring a story that has affected them from a classical Eastern text, such as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, New Tales Told by Lamplight, or In Search of the Supernatural.
See you on Friday, at the usual time and place.
Literature & Reading
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Date and time: Oct 24, 2025 (Fri) 7:30PM
Location: 958 111th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 (Elements Apartments)
This session is a discussion.
Discussion: tell an Eastern ghost story
Capacity: 30 people
— Schedule —
Arrival and seating
Opening and introductions for new participants: briefly share a recent book, film, program, or piece of music you enjoyed (3 minutes each).
Tell an Eastern Ghost Story
Each registered speaker should tell a ghost story that has affected them from a classical Eastern text, such as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, New Tales Told by Lamplight, or In Search of the Supernatural (5–10 minutes each).
Group photo
— Registration —
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About Elsewhere Book Club
Elsewhere Book Club
The name Elsewhere comes from Milan Kundera’s Life Is Elsewhere.
Life Is Elsewhere.
We seem more inclined to imagine a golden age when looking backward or forward. Yet, in my own life, this moment and elsewhere have become inseparable, each giving meaning to the other.
Live fully in this moment. The search for elsewhere also takes place here and now.
I had just arrived in Seattle. In an unfamiliar place, my first impulse was to start a small book club, perhaps to meet others who find steadiness in books and enjoy sustained conversation.
Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed; a mustard seed holding Mount Sumeru.
I hope this small space can give us somewhere to exchange ideas each week.
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