
LBC Lockdown
We’ve been reading together across Leeds for over a decade now (meep) and have kept going despite the ‘all this’ of it all.
During the global pandemic, our book clubs won’t be meeting in person.
Instead, we will be holding our discussions via Zoom and this looks set to continue into 2022.
It’s practically the same as IRL. Delightful friendly people, zany weird tangents…though much more ‘you’re muted’ than before.
If you’d like to join in, please let me know via @LeedsbookClub or comment on the blog 🙂
Upcoming Book Clubs

LBC 3 Reads will be meeting every second month for 2022. Our theme this year is TO BE CONFIRMED
- 15-01 – Bookworm – Lucy Mangon
- 23-04 – Less – Andrew Sean Greer – DATE CHANGE!
- 18-06 – The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams – DATE CHANGE!
- 16-07 – The Name of the Rose – Umberton Eco
- 17-09 – The Diary of a Bookseller – Shaun Bythell
- 19-11 – The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak
Monthly Book Clubs – June
- 08-06 – The Promise – Damon Galgut – LBC Horsforth
- 12-06 – The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey – LBC White Swan
Monthly Book Clubs – July
- 10-07 – ? – #LBCWSwan
- 13-07 – The Shadow King – Maaza Mengiste- #LBCHorsforth
- 10-08 – Lagoon – Nnedi Okorafor – #LBCHorsforth
Details of our book clubs – for less socially distant times – can be found below.
The Book Clubs

The quarterly one.
Meeting up every 2nd month in 2022, via Zoom!
Saturdays – 12:30pm
Our home is usually @Cafe164
We read to a theme each year – this year is TO BE CONFIRMED

Meet Monthly.
On Zoom for 2022 for now anyway.
Wednesdays – 7:30pm
Hosted by the lovely @OldKingsArmsPub
Very rarely any rhyme or reason to our choices… or our chats for that matter

Meet Monthly.
On Zoom for 2022 for now anyway.
Sundays – 6:00pm
Proudly based @WhiteSwanLeeds
We have an accidental expertise in myths and legends!
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