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 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
Book Club January
Happy New Year! If your new year’s resolutions included one to “read more books” you have come to the right place! If you haven’t tried out Book Club yet, you
Book Club December
For our December meeting we are discussing Collodi’s “Pinocchio”! If your only experience of Pinocchio is the Disney classic, prepare to be surprised by what has been described as one
Book Club November
Hello everyone. On Saturday 30th November we will meet to discuss Romain Gary’s The Life Before Us. We will be at Le Serre in their room, next to the (inside)
Book Club October – in November!
Take two! We’ll meet again to discuss “Ru” this Saturday 9th November at 3pm at Le Serre in Giardini Margerita – hopefully inside in their new space if we can find
Reading list
2023-2024 Reading List
Many thanks to everyone for their excellent suggestions. Here is the full reading list. Only the May mystery remains a mystery. 😉 Happy reading! September: Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and
2022-2023 Reading List
At last, the news you have all been waiting for – our reading list for the upcoming social year! September – Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale AND/OR its sequel The
May Mysteries
Dear readers For our May Mystery evening, we will be reading Tom Benjamin’s Requiem in La Rossa, a Bologna-based mystery written by the husband of IWF member Lea Zecchino! This