Hello! Last month I launched two book groups on Substack, one for Tolstoy's War and Peace and one for Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. We've got over a thousand readers in each group, which is both daunting and exciting for me as host!

And we've been using Substack Chat for daily discussion. The chat function itself is far from perfect and needs lot of improvement. But I have been delighted by people's response. In a matter of weeks we have created an engaged and friendly community of readers bringing all kinds of perspectives and insight. It feels like a truly remarkable thing.