Our January meeting brought a whole host of reading suggestions for the coming year. Following some lively discussion of potential books, the reading schedule looks like this:
February 11th – Penelope Lively, Life in the Garden
March 11th – A graphic novel (title to be confirmed)
April 8th – Elizabeth von Arnim, Enchanted April
May 13th – Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet
June 10th – Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain
July 8th – Eley Williams, The Liar’s Dictionary
August 12th – Nimsdai Purja, Beyond Possible
September 9th – Janice Hallett, The Appeal
October 14th – James Rebanks, English Pastoral or Grace Dent, Hungry
November 11th – Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
December 9th – Tanya Kirk (ed.), Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season
Book group is informal and if you’ve not been before then do consider joining in or passing these details to friends. All are welcome! For the forseeable future meetings will be taking place virtually via Zoom.
Regular bulletins about meetings are emailed around, so if you’d like to receive these do email dr.will.smith@me.com
We look forward to another year of bookish conversation! Polly and Will