Platinum
The Keystone Circle
Given to founding premium members whose steady presence holds a discussion room together season after season.
Premium and Platinum members
Badge recognition
Every year we name a small number of members who shape the Society well beyond their own reading list. Each recognition carries a name, a reason, and a place on the member profile it belongs to.
The recognitions
Platinum
The Open Floor Honour
For members who consistently draw authors out with thoughtful, well prepared questions during live sessions.
Premium
The Deep Reader Seal
Earned by finishing every spotlight title in a full calendar year and posting notes before each session.
Premium
The Warm Welcome Award
For the members new readers meet first, the ones who answer questions and make a first meeting feel easy.
Premium
The Margin Notes Prize
Recognises the sharpest written reflections shared in our reading journals and discussion threads.
Platinum
The Pathfinder Medal
Awarded to members who bring us authors and titles we would never have found on our own.
Platinum
The Roundtable Steward
For members trusted to host and moderate a book club room on behalf of the Society.
Platinum
The Society Laurel
Our highest member honour, presented once a year to a single member for outstanding contribution.
Members who have received them
Listed by the honour they hold and the year it was presented.
Platinum2026
Margaret Ellison
Portland, Oregon
The Society Laurel
Hosted 14 discussion rooms and mentored nine new members through their first session.
Platinum2026
Andre Whitfield
Atlanta, Georgia
The Keystone Circle
A founding premium member, present at almost every live event since our first year.
Platinum2026
Priya Ramchand
Toronto, Ontario
The Open Floor Honour
Known for questions authors ask to keep a copy of afterwards.
Platinum2025
Colette Beaumont
Montreal, Quebec
The Roundtable Steward
Moderates our memoir room with unusual patience and a very good reading list.
Platinum2025
Samuel Okafor
Houston, Texas
The Pathfinder Medal
Introduced the Society to four independent authors who later joined our tour.
Premium2026
Hannah Broadbent
Leeds, United Kingdom
The Deep Reader Seal
Finished every spotlight title last year and never once arrived without notes.
Premium2026
Miguel Sandoval
San Diego, California
The Warm Welcome Award
The first friendly face most new members meet in the waiting room.
Premium2026
Ingrid Larsen
Chicago, Illinois
The Margin Notes Prize
Her reflections on Momentum were shared with the author's permission.
Premium2025
Theodore Hale
Boston, Massachusetts
The Deep Reader Seal
Read 31 books across the year and reviewed every single one of them.
Premium2025
Naomi Adeyemi
Calgary, Alberta
The Warm Welcome Award
Runs our informal pre session chat and keeps it genuinely welcoming.
Platinum2025
Frances Delaney
Dublin, Ireland
The Keystone Circle
Rarely misses a session and always brings the quiet observation nobody else made.
Premium2025
Wesley Guthrie
Nashville, Tennessee
The Margin Notes Prize
Writes the long form recaps that members read almost as much as the books.
How a member is recognised
Recognitions are not requested. Daniel Carter reviews attendance, discussion contribution, and community support at the close of each season, and premium members are nominated from there. Platinum standing is required for the four leadership honours.