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

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

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

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

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
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