Book Club

The book club has been running for some years. Headed by Carol, the group meet once a month. Each month a book is selected ranging from novels, old and new, historical and modern, from classics to biographies to factual. At the following month's meeting book's content, style, characterisation and plot is discussed over a glass of wine or two.

A lot of fun is had along with, occasionally, some quite heated debate.

Members have attended some of The Oldie Literary Lunches at Simpsons in the Strand, and BBC World Service Book Club events, and have enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

Whitby

The group organised a weekend outing to Whitby, staying in cottages. A great weekend was had with good food, wine and outings and two books were chosen for discussion over the weekend including, of course, Dracula. More of these outings are planned for 2005.

BOOK LIST

For October 2004 we are reading "I capture the castle" by Dodie Smith at Liz's place on Tuesday 12th October. Call 020 7254 5975 for details.

Date
Title
Author
Sept 04
Personal poems
July 04
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
 
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Nov  03
Ingenious Pain
Andrew Miller
Oct 03
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Sept 03
Samuel Pepys
Claire Tomalin
June 03
The Feast of the Goat
Mario Largos Vlosa
May 03
The Rattle Bag
Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes
Apr 03
Madame Bovary
Gustav Flaubert
Mar 03
The Knowledge of Angels
Jill Paton Walsh
Feb 03
The Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie
Jan 03
Leo the African
Amin Maalouf
Dec 02
Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain
Nov 02
Below the Breadline
Fran Abrams
Oct 02
The Necropolis Railway
Andrew Martin