Four Couples Say Books Sparked Love Stories, From 60-to-7 Classrooms to 30-Seat Talks
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 23
Four Couples Say Books Sparked Love Stories, From 60-to-7 Classrooms to 30-Seat Talks
2 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 23
Summary
Four couples described books as the trigger for relationships that began in classrooms, book clubs, dating apps and author events, extending the latest celebrity example of Dua Lipa and Callum Turner bonding over Trust.
A 52-year-old Leeds woman met her future husband in a 1995 English class with about 60 women and seven men, while a Norwich couple connected in 2025 over Mary, or the Birth of Frankenstein at Silent Book Club.
A west London pair turned a Match.com profile mention of Yes Man into a first meeting at Danny Wallace’s book talk, and an Edinburgh couple built a romance after reconnecting at book events following a 30-seat Waterstones talk.
Books remained central after those first meetings: couples built shared libraries, exchanged seasonal reads, recorded audiobooks for a long-distance relationship, and even dedicated published children’s books to each other.