LBC Lockdown
During the global pandemic, our book clubs won’t be meeting in person.
Instead, we will be holding our discussions via Zoom.
If you’d like to join in, please let me know 🙂
Upcoming Book Clubs
14th June – Frankisstein – Jeanette Winterson – 6:00pm – WS
24th June – Rotherweird – Andrew Caldecott – 7:30pm – H
12th July – The Crow Road – Iain Banks – 6:00pm – WS
20th July – And then there were none – Agatha Christie – 12:30pm – 3R
29th July – The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao – Junot Díaz
26th August – Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Details of our book clubs – for less socially distant times – can be found below.
The Book Clubs
The quarterly one.
Saturdays – 12:30pm
Our home is @Cafe164
We read to a theme each year – this year is Three Crime Greats
Meet Monthly.
Wednesdays – 7:30pm
Hosted by the lovely @OldKingsArmsPub
Very rarely any rhyme or reason to our choices.
Meet Monthly.
Sundays – 6:00pm
Proudly based @WhiteSwanLeeds
We have an accidental expertise in myths and legends!
Our Recent Posts
- POEM – I’m so Black – R.J. Wright & Xach BluntOriginally published in 2017 by Write About Now (WAN) on YouTube, but I’ve only discovered it today. Visit the WAN … Continue reading POEM – I’m so Black – R.J. Wright & Xach Blunt
- Signal for Help – Domestic Violence SupportI just spotted this PSA on instagram this morning.
- POEM – You don’t get to be racist and Irish – Imelda MayImelda May has written a poem about the times we are living in, recently released on the RTE website.
- Douglas Coupland article on the guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/29/i-miss-my-pre-internet-brain-slogans-coronavirus-douglas-coupland Douglas Coupland article on the guardian
- Happy Towel DayA bit of history from Wikipedia –
- POEM – The Hollow Men – T. S. EliotNo idea why this has popped into my head. Nope. Not a clue. [Pssst – this is the Eliot with … Continue reading POEM – The Hollow Men – T. S. Eliot
- Kirkstall Book BoxSpotted near where I live, another literary neighbour!
- LOCKDOWN – Andy Serkis live reading The Hobbit!Am hugely excited to see that Andy Serkis will be reading The Hobbit to fundraise for the NHS Charities Together … Continue reading LOCKDOWN – Andy Serkis live reading The Hobbit!
- Good Omens LockdownGood Omens is 30 years old as of May 1st. Happy Birthday Book!
- CHEER – Animals of the World…in our world!My dad just sent me this and I love it!
