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!
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