Verran Joanna
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.
Access Microbiol. 2024 Sep 6;6(9). doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000846.v3. eCollection 2024.
The Bad Bugs Bookclub is a public engagement initiative that enables scientists (microbiologists) and non-scientists to discuss the role of infectious disease and microorganisms in novels of fiction. The bookclub began in 2009, but since 2020, the meetings have taken place online, enabling international membership and occasional author participation. The bookclub has been shown, through peer-reviewed publications, to have impact and value to its members. For each book (the number now exceeds 100), a reading guide (questions to provoke discussion) and a meeting report (narrative of the discussion) were produced. Previously hosted on a website, the reading guides from this rich archive and resource are now presented alongside this paper, which provides tips on how to run a similar reading group.
“坏虫子读书俱乐部”是一项公众参与活动，它让科学家（微生物学家）和非科学家能够探讨传染病和微生物在虚构小说中的作用。该读书俱乐部始于2009年，但自2020年起，会议改为在线举行，这使得其成员来自国际各地，并且偶尔会有作者参与。通过同行评审的出版物表明，该读书俱乐部对其成员具有影响力和价值。对于每一本书（目前数量已超过100本），都会制作一份阅读指南（引发讨论的问题）和一份会议报告（讨论的叙述）。这些阅读指南此前发布在一个网站上，现在与本文一起呈现，本文提供了关于如何运营类似阅读小组的提示。
