Rise of the late-night library: How Gen Z are ditching clubs for book shelves and readings from 'BookTok' influencers to 'make reading cool again

Does a night out consisting of craft beer, small plates of food, DJ sets and a good book sound appealing to you? Young people have been seen enjoying books and booze whilst at a Book Club Scotland event in Glasgow More and more young people are ditching the traditional clubs and bars and instead heading out to their local late-night libraries to blow off steam The venues also run a number of book launching events and workshops, which sees readings and talks carried out by popular BookTok authors in a bookshop meets bar environment One of these locations is Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds, which provides people with both a space for watching up-and-coming musicians and comedians, whilst they browse for something to read. All of these venues also host regular book club nights as well, where reading enthusiasts fill these spaces to discussing their latest read with other like-minded people and tuck into some tasty food and drink. The growth in late-night libraries and reading in general among young people is largely credited to BookTok - a subcommunity on the app TikTok that focuses on books and literature. All of these venues also host regular book club nights as well, where reading enthusiasts are seen discussing their latest read with other people whilst enjoying some food and drink The growth in late-night libraries and reading in general among young people is largely credited to BookTok - a subcommunity on the app TikTok that focuses on books and literature A book's popularity on TikTok can now be make-or-break for how many sales it achieves Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds provides both a space for watching up-and-coming musicians and comedians, whilst also browsing for something to read In Manchester, people are encouraged to 'Cometh read books & listen to records & drink wine' at P3 Annihilation Eve A book's popularity on TikTok can now be make-or-break for how many sales it achieves.