Reading circle: Waist Deep

A Literary Hug: Join Our Reading Circle on Friendship

• for you who wants to meet new people and discover Danish literature/culture.

They’re there when you twist your ankle, when the month is running long, when you need someone to walk you home, when your heart is broken - or when you just need a little lovin’ care. 
All you have to do is call, and they’ll come running; your friends.

This August, Frederiksberg Public Library invites you to celebrate friendship in all its forms with a cozy reading circle. Together, we’ll read Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst - a tender, sharp, and playful novel about a group of friends in their thirties spending a summer weekend by a forest lake. They argue, reminisce, flirt, pose, bask in each other’s company, and stir up old, messy feelings.

In a time when loneliness is growing and many adults lack close confidants, maybe it’s time we gave friendship the spotlight it deserves. Could this be the kind of love where heart doesn’t have to pair with hurt? Friendship may not be romantic or erotic by definition- but who says it can’t be just as powerful? In Ernst’s novel, friendship is fluid, intimate, and full of possibility - just like identity, gender, and love itself.

Three Evenings of Conversation and Connection

• August 27, 17:00–19:00, Nordsalen
  Friendship, friendshaped – On the old friends who shape who we are.
• September 10, 17:00–19:00, Nordsalen
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream – On the friends who might be more than that—if you dare take the leap.

• September 24, 17:00–19:00, Nordsalen
  My Beloved Friend – On the evolving, ever-shifting nature of friendship through life’s changes.

  Followed by a cozy long-table dinner.

Participation is free, but you need to reserve a spot.

Come join the reading circle – discover Danish literature/culture, meet new people, and who knows… maybe it will turn into a book club!

At Frederiksberg Library, we’re celebrating friendship this September - the joyful, the complicated, and the kind that might just be more than platonic.

The Reading Club is a part of Biblioteket Frederiksberg's Golden Days' programme:  Golden Days 2025 – Kærlighed — Golden Days