This group is fully participatory with books and approaches decided by members who host in turn. Meetings are lively, but the Chairman always ensures speaking space for each member.
Meeting pattern: monthly, on the third Thursday morning 10.15 - 12.15.
We tackle a book a month. Recent choices are listed below. Books read in previously years are listed on a separate page, accessed by clicking the link near the bottom of this page.
Books selected -
2017
January Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil John Berendt
February The Owl Service Alan Garner
March The Last Pilot Benjamin Johncock
April Meeting cancelled
May The Elegance of the Hedgehog (in translation) Muriel Barbery
June Where My Heart Used to Beat Sebastian Faulks
July The Glass Castle (non-fiction) Jeanette Walls
August Death in Holy Orders P D James
September Shane Jack Schaefer
October Lost Children Maggie Gee
November Four Quarters of Light Brian Keenan
December A Christmas miscellany
2018
January The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Bronte
February Golden Hill Francis Spufford
March A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
April The Clergyman's Daughter George Orwell
May Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad
July The Machine Stops E M Forster (a short story)
August Under the Net Iris Murdoch
September. The Green Road Anne Enright
October Someone at a Distance Dorothy Whipple
November The Bees Laline Paul
December special programme - The Seven Ages of Man (readings)
2019
January Memento Mori Muriel Spark
February Munich Robert Harris
March Brave New World Aldous Huxley
April The Uncommon Reader & The Laying on of Hands Alan Bennett
May Slow Horses Mick Herron
June Journey by Moonlight Antal Szerb
July How Far Can you Go? David Lodge
August Dimension of Miracles Robert Sheckley
September Sweet Caress William Boyd
The February Meeting will be held in Ipswich
The books we have read in previous years are on the additional page, accessed by clicking here.
Contact: Click here to send an email to the leader.
Please refer to the entry in the Members' Handbook for more contact details.