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11 upcoming book clubs, readings, poetry nights and author talks in Bilbao at 8 venues — all easy to walk into on your own.

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La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista (3) · Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao (2) · Azkena (1) · Biblioteca de Bilbao (Deusto) (1) · Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea (1) · Librería Joker (1) · Teatro Arriaga (1) · Teatro Campos Elíseos (1)

La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista3 upcoming

Wed18Nov
Free
LearningBilbao
18:30–20:30

Reading corner on Katixa Agirre, La Sinsorga, Bilbao

La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista

On Wednesday 18 November La Sinsorga, a feminist cultural space in Bilbao, holds a session of its new reading corner. Three sessions and three books make up the series, and Alaine Agirre leads the group. This evening's book is Barne zerbitzuak by the Basque writer Katixa Agirre. The idea, as the listing puts it, is a space to think and talk together from the reading, so you are expected to have read or at least started the book. Entry is free and the listing gives no booking information. The language is Basque. The session starts at 18:30 and the listing gives no end time, so we assume it finishes around 20:30. A small reading group in a community space is a good way to meet people in a new city while talking about a contemporary novel. «Irakurketa txokoa: "Barne zerbitzuak" (Katixa Agirre)» Starts 18:30, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0).

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Wed9Dec
Free
SocialBilbao
18:30–20:00

Irakurketa txokoa on Karmele Mitxelena, at La Sinsorga, Bilbao

La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista

On Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 18:30 La Sinsorga, a feminist cultural centre in Bilbao, hosts a session of its Irakurketa txokoa, a new reading corner. The listing says Alaine Agirre will lead it, with three sessions, three books and a space to think and talk together from the reading. On 9 December the book is Zorionak, edo antzeko zerbait by the writer Karmele Mitxelena. The listing gives the language as Basque, so it suits readers who can follow a discussion in Basque, and gives the price as free. It gives 18:30 as the start and no end time, so the end shown is estimated. A small reading circle that meets for a fixed number of sessions is an easy way to meet people when coming alone. «Un espacio para pensar y conversar juntas a partir de la lectura.» Starts 18:30, ends about 20:00. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as free, and the language as Basque.

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Fri11Dec
Free
LearningBilbao
19:00–20:30

Book talk Por mujer, una historia desigual, at La Sinsorga, Bilbao

La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista

On Friday 11 December 2026 at 19:00 La Sinsorga, a feminist cultural space on Calle Askao in Bilbao, presents the book Por mujer, una historia desigual by Cristina Gutiérrez Meurs, published by Txalaparta. The listing introduces the author as a writer and visual artist who traces different expressions of gender violence, from those we barely notice to the most extreme, and reflects on silenced stories and on women who keep fighting to regain their place in the collective story. The presentation combines literature, photography and historical memory, using images from her own artistic work and material gathered over years. Topics include the repression of women under Francoism, women's prisons and the theft of babies. The organisers call it a chance to talk rather than a conventional presentation. Entry is free and the event is in Spanish. A talk that invites conversation is easy to attend alone, since people come to listen and exchange views. «La presentación combinará literatura, fotografía y memoria histórica» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free and the language as Spanish.

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Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao2 upcoming

Wed18Nov
LearningBilbao
18:30–20:00

Miriam Alzuri lecture on modern art, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao

Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

On Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 18:30 the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao hosts the lecture Nociones de lo moderno a través de la Colección del museo, given by Miriam Alzuri, the museum's curator of modern and contemporary art. The lecture belongs to a cycle on the Bildu(e)mak collection, led by the museum's conservation team, and this session looks at the collection in the 1945 building. The listing says that as the twentieth century approached, art took new paths and a new generation questioned inherited forms. Cubism, surrealism and other avant-garde movements widened the possibilities of creation, and themes such as the city, everyday life, the body and dreams gained new importance. The talk presents an era of great creative freedom that was also marked by political and social tensions. Other dates in the cycle are 28 October, 4 November and 9 December. The lecture is in Spanish and the ticket price is 8 euros. A lecture is easy to attend alone, since everyone is there to listen and learn. «Al aproximarse el siglo XX, el arte emprendió nuevos caminos.» Starts 18:30, ends about 20:00. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 8 euros and names Miriam Alzuri as curator of modern and contemporary art.

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Wed9Dec
LearningBilbao
18:30–20:00

José Luis Merino: De Grecia a Goya, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

On Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 18:30 the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao hosts a lecture by José Luis Merino, the museum's curator of ancient art, titled De Grecia a Goya. Artistas, coleccionistas y nuevas miradas. It is the last talk in a cycle on the museum's Bildu(e)mak collection, given by the curatorial team. The listing says more than two thousand years of artistic creation unfold in a journey that begins with the first images of the sacred and leads to the changes that announce twentieth-century art. Paintings, sculptures and objects show how societies shaped their beliefs, power and emotions, crossing the classical tradition, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque. The price is 8 euros, with tickets bought through the listing. A lecture like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the audience is there to listen and ask questions. «Más de dos mil años de creación artística se despliegan en un viaje que parte de las primeras imágenes de lo sagrado» Starts 18:30, ends about 20:00. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 8 euros and presents the talk as part of a four-lecture cycle on the museum collection.

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Azkena1 upcoming

Thu4Mar
SocialBilbao
21:00–22:30

El Niño de la Hipoteca vs Guiu Cortés, a music and humour show, Bilbao

Azkena

On Thursday 4 March 2027 at 21:00 Azkena in Bilbao hosts El Niño de la Hipoteca vs Guiu Cortés. The listing says El Niño de la Hipoteca, whose real name is Guiu Cortés, has been a revolution in the world of music and one of the pioneers in Spain of the multitasking artist who self-releases, self-produces and self-manages, known for novel ways of spreading his project as much as for the undeniable quality of his songs. He now presents a new show that brings together music, humour, a board game and a karate fight, in which, through a game, the audience and the singer decide what happens at each moment. The listing calls it a second successful season. The price is 18 euros and the language is Spanish. It gives 21:00 as the start and no end time, so the end shown is estimated. An interactive show where the audience plays is easy to enjoy alone. «Un show en el que, mediante un juego, el público y el cantante decidirán qué sucederá.» Starts 21:00, ends about 22:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as 18 euros, and the language as Spanish.

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Biblioteca de Bilbao (Deusto)1 upcoming

Fri20Nov
Free
LearningBilbao
18:00–19:30

Literary club: Animal Farm by George Orwell, Deusto Library, Bilbao

Biblioteca de Bilbao (Deusto)

On Friday 20 November 2026 at 18:00 the Deusto branch of the Biblioteca de Bilbao, on Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre 42 in Bilbao, holds a literary club session devoted to Animal Farm by George Orwell. The listing describes it as a reading club for the book and names the coordinators as Rosa Baños and Mercedes Echevarría. The language of the session is English, so it suits readers who want to talk about the novel in that language. The event is catalogued as a talk and is part of the library's November programme, published by the Bilbao city council. Entry is free, with registration made at the library. The listing gives no end time, so a session of about an hour and a half is assumed. A reading club is easy to join alone, since everyone arrives having read the same book and ready to share thoughts about it. «Coordinadoras: Rosa Baños, Mercedes Echevarría Fuente: Ayuntamiento de Bilbao» Starts 18:00, ends about 19:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing says admission is free, with registration at the library, and the language is English.

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Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea1 upcoming

Fri27Nov
Free
LearningBilbao
19:00–20:30

Book launch: Reset educativo, at Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea, Bilbao

Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea

On Friday 27 November 2026 at 19:00 Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea in Bilbao hosts the presentation of the book Reset educativo, organised by the publisher Alberdania Argitaletxea. The listing describes the book, subtitled how technological capitalism has entered the school and what can be done to recover it, as an investigation that begins when a mother and teacher named Begoña asks how a Chromebook came to sit in her home. With an IT engineer and an educational technology researcher she explores surveillance capitalism and the strategy of big tech companies towards classrooms. The panel includes Unai Aberasturi, president of the Basque Data Protection Authority, investigative journalist Iñigo Fernandez de Lucio and Jon Bustillo, a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country, with journalist Mikel Reparaz presenting. Entry is free and the event is in Spanish. The listing gives no end time. A book presentation is easy to attend alone, since everyone in the room has come to listen and talk about the same subject. «Cómo el capitalismo tecnológico ha entrado en la escuela (y qué podemos hacer para recuperarla)» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free and the time as 19:00 in Spanish.

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Librería Joker1 upcoming

Tue24Nov
CultureBilbao
19:00–20:30

Reading club "Encarna viva" at Librería Joker, Bilbao

Librería Joker

On Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 19:00 Librería Joker in Bilbao holds a reading club session on the book Encarna viva by Javi de Castro. The listing says the amount paid for the reservation will be deducted from the next purchase in the bookshop. It describes the book as a story that follows Villanueva, published by Astiberri in 2021, and again mixes rural everyday life with suspense in a tale of vampires. According to the listing, the story reflects on how reality turns into myth, and also on the importance of stopping to live and dedicating yourself to being happy. The price is 3 euros, the listing offers a ticket link, and the session is in Spanish. A reading club is easy to join alone, since the book is the shared starting point and people come to talk about the same pages. «Javi de Castro vuelve a mezclar el costumbrismo rural con el suspense en una historia de vampiros» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 3 euros, deducted from the next purchase in the shop.

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Teatro Arriaga1 upcoming

Wed2Dec
MusicBilbao
19:30–21:00

Kirmen Uribe and Mikel Urdangarin, poetry and music, at the Arriaga

Teatro Arriaga

On Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 19:30 the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao hosts Kirmen Uribe and Mikel Urdangarin with Bitartean heldu eskutik, 25 urte, a show of poetry and music. The listing recalls that 25 years ago one of the most emblematic books of contemporary Basque poetry, Bitartean heldu eskutik, was published at the Durango fair, and that the critic Jon Kortazar called it a quiet revolution: clear, urban poetry that told the stories of concrete people, among them migrants, working women, addicts, trans people and fishermen. One poem, Maiatza, appeared recently in The New Yorker's centenary anthology. The book was born when the two men regularly shared ideas, songs and projects, and this celebration brings them together again in an intimate and singular show. The language is Basque. The ticket costs 18 euros. The end shown is estimated. A poetry and music evening is easy to join alone. «Un espectáculo íntimo y singular de poesía y música.» Starts 19:30, ends about 21:00. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the ticket at 18 euros.

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Teatro Campos Elíseos1 upcoming

Sun29Nov
MusicBilbao
19:00–20:30

Amancio Prada: Rosalía de Castro at 50, Teatro Campos, Bilbao

Teatro Campos Elíseos

On Sunday 29 November 2026 at 19:00 the Teatro Campos Elíseos in Bilbao presents Amancio Prada in a concert marking 50 years since he began setting the poetry of Rosalía de Castro to music. The listing says that his first album of those songs became the compass of his later career. The concert looks back over the path travelled, from the bare purity of the first songs, now part of collective memory, to later readings that show how his dialogue with the poet has grown. The listing calls it a ceremony of gratitude in which a song became a refuge and poetry a destination. The language is Spanish. Tickets cost 27 or 37 euros. The listing gives no finishing time. A song recital like this is easy to enjoy alone, since people come to listen closely. «Hace cincuenta años Amancio Prada inició una peregrinación sonora al corazón de la poesía de Rosalía de Castro» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives ticket prices of 27 and 37 euros and the language as Spanish.

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First time?

How to join a book club alone

  1. Check the book, then relax. Many groups welcome people who have not finished it — the official page says if reading ahead matters.
  2. Arrive five minutes early and tell the host it is your first time; they will introduce you.
  3. Say one thing — a line you liked or a question. That is enough for a first evening.
  4. Nothing that suits you? Host a silent reading night: 60 minutes silent, 15 minutes talk, phones away, any book, finish at a café.

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Questions people ask

Where can I join a book club in Bilbao?

This page lists 11 upcoming book clubs, readings, poetry nights and author talks in Bilbao at 8 venues, from city open data. Public libraries and bookshops run most of them, and most are free.

Can I go alone to a book club in Bilbao?

Yes. Most people at public book clubs and readings come alone; the host opens the conversation, and having finished the book is often optional. Arrive early and say it is your first time.

Is there a silent reading party in Bilbao?

If none is listed, host one: create a free invite on party.comealone.app, pick a café, read silently for 60 minutes, talk for 15, phones away, any book.

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