It’s book club day! This evening from 6pm, we meet at the White Swan pub to discuss Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Looking forward to seeing members new and old regular! https://youtu.be/hG5rCZaiY4Q?feature=shared
2023
#LBCHorsforth – October Read – The Wager
Howdy! With only two books left in the book clubbing here, October looks to be an adventurous one for the Horsforth Crew! Date: 11th October Venue: via Zoom this month Time: 7:30pm - 9pm This month we will be discussing... The Wager - A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann On January … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – October Read – The Wager
#LBCWSwan – October Book – Piranesi
Hello! We only have two books left in the book clubbing year! Hasn't 2023 flown! Date: 8th October Venue: White Swan, Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm - 8pm Our book choice for October is... Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes … Continue reading #LBCWSwan – October Book – Piranesi
It’s book club today! #LBCWSwan
Greetings! Time: 6pm Venue: White Swan in the City Centre Discussing: Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon … Continue reading It’s book club today! #LBCWSwan
#LBCHorsforth – September 6th book club
Am flying through Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson For our Horsforth based book club happening this week. Yup, that’s a date change to account for summer holidays! Date: 6th September Time: 7.30pm Venue: in person at the Old Kings Arms From the inimitable bestselling author, Kate Atkinson, a mesmerising novel set in the glittering … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – September 6th book club
LBC 3 Reads – October Read – Date Change!
Our bi-monthly zoom book club continues this month and - as is usual for us - we have the theme (however loosely applied) and choices ahead of time. Our 2023 Choices Theme - Delicious Reads This year we will mostly be reading books - fictional and non - that feature or are about food. 21 … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – October Read – Date Change!
TikTok – why writers, why?
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#LBCWSwan – August read!
This month, for our White Swan based book club, we will be reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Date: 13th of August 2023 Time: 6pm - 8pm Venue: white Swan, Leeds city centre There are normal people, and then there is Keiko.At school and university, people find Keiko odd, and her family worries she … Continue reading #LBCWSwan – August read!
#LBCHorsforth – August book
This month - indeed it is this coming Wednesday! - we will be discussing, via zoom: A cheesmongers history of the British isles - Ned Palmer Date: 9th of August Time: 7.30pm - 9:00pm Venue: zoom - please email for a code 🙂 Every cheese tells a story. Whether it's a fresh young goat's cheese … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – August book
Updating the socials
Since 2010, Twitter has been the primary means for book clubbers to communicate with each other, share a joke, confirm dates, book titles and so on. With the Twitter takeover in October 2022, I was concerned that the site might continue down a path I’m less philosophically aligned too, shall we say. And it did. … Continue reading Updating the socials
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