Book Club

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: 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

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Book Club: May

Join us to discuss our last book of the year before June’s poetry meeting. Claire Keegan’s novella “Foster” tells the story of a young girl sent to live with foster

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Book Club April

The Sunday Times called her “Britain’s Patricia Highsmith and the grandmother of psycho-domestic noir”. After enjoying great popularity in the 1950s and 60s, for many years Celia Fremlin was not

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Book Club March

Described as “Succession with a much-needed dose of feminism”, Lioness is the fourth novel by Women’s prize, long-listed author, Emily Perkins. We will meet to discuss this contemporary New Zealand

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Book club February

Stella Gibbons wrote over 20 novels but Cold Comfort Farm is by far her best known. Come and join us to discuss the feisty Flora Poste and the peculiar Starkadder

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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

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