
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 2021.
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 2021. Our theme this year is EXTREME COMFORT READS
- 16-01 – Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy – John le Carre
- 20-03 – A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula le Guin
- 15-05 – Wise Children – Angela Carter
- 17-07 – Gaudy Night – Dorothy L Sayers (Lord Peter Whimsey Series)
- 18-09 – Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day – Winifred Watson
- 20-11 – Divine Secret of the Yaya Sisterhood – Rebecca Wells
Monthly Book Clubs – January
- 10-01 – Queenie – Candie Carty-Williams – LBCWSwan
- 22-01 – Celestial Bodies – Jokha Alharthi – LBC Horsforth
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 2021, via Zoom!
Saturdays – 12:30pm
Our home is usually @Cafe164
We read to a theme each year – this year is EXTREME COMFORT READS

Meet Monthly.
On Zoom for 2021 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 2021 for now anyway.
Sundays – 6:00pm
Proudly based @WhiteSwanLeeds
We have an accidental expertise in myths and legends!
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