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Welcome to Victober 2026. I really hope you will join us. To take part, read something written or published by a British or Irish author between 1837 and 1901. This announcement video is in two parts:
0:00 all the details you may want for Victober 2026 like the hosts, the challenges and the group read.
8:12 suggestions and recommendations for my prompt
Visit the channels of the other hosts to watch their announcements and get ideas for their challenges.
Kate Howe @katehowereads
Katie, Books and Things @katiejlumsden
Marissa, Blatantly Bookish @BlatantlyBookish
Join the lively Victober conversation on Discord discord.gg/T3jzbjnVF and find a wonderful community of readers enjoying Victorian literature.
We'd love it if you share your Victober ideas and experiences on whatever bookish social media you use. If you add #victober it will be easier to find.
StoryGraph challenge for Victober: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/dcc1b531-ed46-47fc-97ca-944a22d2f1a8 (thank you Nada)
Prompts:
Katie: Read a Victorian work by a Scottish, Welsh or Irish author.
Marissa: Read a Victorian work that critiques a corrupt or decaying social institution eg the law, education, politics, the church.
Kate: Read a Victorian work by an author whose birth month you share.
Ros: Read a Victorian tale of adventure or travel (real or fictional).
Bonus Challenge: Read a Victorian work where someone has a secret.
Feel free to use one book for more than one challenge or to read something short like a poem or short story.
Group Read: Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
There will be a channel for group read discussion on Discord.
Group Read Schedule (thanks Katie for planning this out)
Thursday 1st October: chapters 1, 2
Friday 2nd October: chapters 3, 4
Saturday 3rd October: chapters 5, 6, 7
Sunday 4th October: chapters 8, 9 10
Monday 5th October: chapters 11, 12
Tuesday 6th October: chapters 13, 14
Wednesday 7th October: chapters 15, 16
Thursday 8th October: chapters 17, 18
Friday 9th October: chapters 19, 20
Saturday 10th October: chapters 21, 22, 23
Sunday 11th October: chapters 24, 25
Monday 12th October: chapters 26, 27 (volume 2: 1, 2)
Tuesday 13th October: chapters 28, 39 (volume 2: 3, 4)
Wednesday 14th October: chapters 30, 31 (volume 2: 5, 6)
Thursday 15th October: chapters 32, 33 (volume 2: 7, 8)
Friday 16th October: chapters 34, 35 (volume 2: 9, 10)
Saturday 17th October: chapters 36, 37, 38 (volume 2: 11, 12, 13)
Sunday 18th October: chapters 39, 40, 41 (volume 2: 14, 15, 16)
Monday 19th October: chapters 42, 43, 44 (volume 2: 17, 18, 19)
Tuesday 20th October: chapters 45, 46 (volume 3: 1, 2)
Wednesday 21st October: chapters 47, 48 (volume 3: 3, 4)
Thursday 22nd October: chapters 49, 50 (volume 3: 5, 6)
Friday 23rd October: chapters 51, 52 (volume 3: 7, 8)
Saturday 24th October: chapters 53, 54, 55 (volume 3: 9, 10, 11)
Sunday 25th October: chapters 56, 57, 58 (volume 3: 12, 13, 14)
Monday 26th October: chapters 59, 60 (volume 3: 15, 16)
Tuesday 27th October: chapters 61, 62 (volume 3: 17, 18)
Wednesday 28th October: chapters 63, 64 (volume 3: 19, 20)
Thursday 29th October: chapters 65, 66/conclusion (volume 3: 21, 22/conclusion)
Amuse yourself with a short Victorian poem about a cycling adventure of sorts:
thisvictorianlife.com/a-header--poem-1883.html
Welcome to Victober 2026. I really hope you will join us. To take part, read something written or published by a British or Irish author between 1837 and 1901. This announcement video is in two parts:
0:00 all the details you may want for Victober 2026 like the hosts, the challenges and the group read.
8:12 suggestions and recommendations for my prompt
Visit the channels of the other hosts to watch their announcements and get ideas for their challenges.
Kate Howe @katehowereads
Katie, Books and Things @katiejlumsden
Marissa, Blatantly Bookish @BlatantlyBookish
Join the lively Victober conversation on Discord discord.gg/T3jzbjnVF and find a wonderful community of readers enjoying Victorian literature.
We'd love it if you share your Victober ideas and experiences on whatever bookish social media you use. If you add #victober it will be easier to find.
StoryGraph challenge for Victober: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/dcc1b531-ed46-47fc-97ca-944a22d2f1a8 (thank you Nada)
Prompts:
Katie: Read a Victorian work by a Scottish, Welsh or Irish author.
Marissa: Read a Victorian work that critiques a corrupt or decaying social institution eg the law, education, politics, the church.
Kate: Read a Victorian work by an author whose birth month you share.
Ros: Read a Victorian tale of adventure or travel (real or fictional).
Bonus Challenge: Read a Victorian work where someone has a secret.
Feel free to use one book for more than one challenge or to read something short like a poem or short story.
Group Read: Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
There will be a channel for group read discussion on Discord.
Group Read Schedule (thanks Katie for planning this out)
Thursday 1st October: chapters 1, 2
Friday 2nd October: chapters 3, 4
Saturday 3rd October: chapters 5, 6, 7
Sunday 4th October: chapters 8, 9 10
Monday 5th October: chapters 11, 12
Tuesday 6th October: chapters 13, 14
Wednesday 7th October: chapters 15, 16
Thursday 8th October: chapters 17, 18
Friday 9th October: chapters 19, 20
Saturday 10th October: chapters 21, 22, 23
Sunday 11th October: chapters 24, 25
Monday 12th October: chapters 26, 27 (volume 2: 1, 2)
Tuesday 13th October: chapters 28, 39 (volume 2: 3, 4)
Wednesday 14th October: chapters 30, 31 (volume 2: 5, 6)
Thursday 15th October: chapters 32, 33 (volume 2: 7, 8)
Friday 16th October: chapters 34, 35 (volume 2: 9, 10)
Saturday 17th October: chapters 36, 37, 38 (volume 2: 11, 12, 13)
Sunday 18th October: chapters 39, 40, 41 (volume 2: 14, 15, 16)
Monday 19th October: chapters 42, 43, 44 (volume 2: 17, 18, 19)
Tuesday 20th October: chapters 45, 46 (volume 3: 1, 2)
Wednesday 21st October: chapters 47, 48 (volume 3: 3, 4)
Thursday 22nd October: chapters 49, 50 (volume 3: 5, 6)
Friday 23rd October: chapters 51, 52 (volume 3: 7, 8)
Saturday 24th October: chapters 53, 54, 55 (volume 3: 9, 10, 11)
Sunday 25th October: chapters 56, 57, 58 (volume 3: 12, 13, 14)
Monday 26th October: chapters 59, 60 (volume 3: 15, 16)
Tuesday 27th October: chapters 61, 62 (volume 3: 17, 18)
Wednesday 28th October: chapters 63, 64 (volume 3: 19, 20)
Thursday 29th October: chapters 65, 66/conclusion (volume 3: 21, 22/conclusion)
Amuse yourself with a short Victorian poem about a cycling adventure of sorts:
thisvictorianlife.com/a-header--poem-1883.html
