The book club meets one evening or afternoon per month. The reading list contains a mix of fiction and non-fiction, contemporary and classic, and is compiled at the end of each social year using members’ suggestions. Discussion is held in English, but the books can be read in any language. The reading lists are posted below. New members are always welcome!
Book club: January
Wondering how to get your new year’s resolution to “read more books” to really stick? Come to Book Club! This month we will be discussing “Embers” by the Hungarian author,
Book club: December
Wondering whether you have time to fit in another book before the Christmas rush? No problem! This month we are discussing Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories Racconti Romani so
Book club: November
This month’s book choice defies simple definitions. Part thriller, part philosophical debate, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead follows the eccentric Janina Duszejko as she investigates a
Book Club: October
Join us on Saturday 25th October at 3pm to discuss Francoise Gilot’s memoir of her turbulent life with Picasso. UPDATE: due to the changeable weather, we will now be meeting
Book Club: September
Welcome back everyone! We are starting off with the multi-award winning On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. NOTE: change of venue! Due to the weather forecast we are
Book Club: June
For our last meeting of this social year we are asking you to bring along a poem (or part of one if it is very long!) to share with the
Reading list
2025 – 2026 Reading List
Thank you again for all the wonderful suggestions. Here are our books for next year! As always, feel free to read the book in any language you prefer, the discussions
2025 – 2026 Book list – coming soon!
It’s that time of the year again…please suggest any books that you would like to be considered for our next reading list. This time we are not going to suggest
