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Reserve staff gathering in library? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

book club

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'gathering in library?' is the definition.
'book club' can be an answer for 'gathering' (I have seen 'literary gathering' mean 'book club' so perhaps 'gathering' could also mean 'book club'). I am not certain of the 'in library?' bit.

'reserve staff' is the wordplay.
'reserve' becomes 'book' (to book something is to reserve it).
'staff' becomes 'club' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'book'+'club'='BOOK CLUB'

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(Other definitions for book club that I've seen before include "Society giving members cheaper access to reading material" , "Society for readers" , "group of readers" , "Lit. Soc." , "Literary group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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