Looking for a lively read for the cold season? The Argo Bookshop, in conjunction with the JET Alumni Association of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, will be hosting its winter Japan Book Club on February 27.

For this meeting, we'll be discussing Convenience Store Woman by Murata Sayaka, winner of the Akutagawa Prize in 2016. In this book, a woman who got a job at a convenience store at 18 and found it simplified her life is still working there at 36, and is under pressure to do something else - change her career, her personal life, and more. Unusual, fun, and incisive, Murata questions what it means to be a person and a worker in modern Japan.

Come for a lively discussion of a thoughtful and offbeat piece of Japanese literature, and enjoy some snacks and refreshments! You can read the book in any language. You're also welcome to come if you haven't read the book, but there will likely be spoilers.