Upcoming Reads

September 2017

5^th           Summer After The Funeral                 Jane Gardam  (Novella)

12^th         Theme – Women Under Attack          suggested reading – “Les Parisiennes” –  Anne Sebba (Non-fiction)

19^th         Poetry                                              U A Fanthorpe

24^th         Exit West                                         Mohsin Hamid (Novel)

October 2017

3^rd           The Little Black Book                           A S Byatt (Short Stories)

For those not able to read the whole book there is one story (A Stone Woman) published by the New Yorker available here online http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/a-stone-woman

10^th         Theme – Books associated with an emotion eg Angry Young Men

17^th         Poetry                                              Louis Macneice – Selected Works (specific collection published by Faber)

24^th         My Mother’s House                            Colette (Novel)

31^st         Tenth Anniversary Meal

November 2017

7^th           The High Place                                 Fiona McFarlane (Short Stories)

14^th         Theme – Memorable Feasts of Famines in Literature

21^st         Poetry                                              Helen Dunmore

28^th         Passing                                            Nella Lauren (Novel)

December 2017

5^th           Persephone Book of Short Stories

for those not able to read the whole book Roman Fever by  Edith Wharton is available on Scrbd and can be downloaded here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/187259815/ROMAN-FEVER-by-Edith-Wharton

12^th         Theme – Favourite Mythical/Magical/Iconic character in a book

19^th         Poetry                                               Daljit Nagra

January 2018

9^th           Theme – Titles that spring out at you

16^th         Planning

23^rd        What a Carve Up                                   Jonathan Coe (Novel)