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
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#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?
By Thomas Sanders Tiktok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJpq3nUD/
#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
Date change! LBC Horsforth
#LBCHorsforth will be meeting NEXT week instead of this evening! Date: 19th July Venue: Old Kings Arms Time: 7:30pm Small Pleasures 1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape.When a young … Continue reading Date change! LBC Horsforth
Upcoming Reads for July :)
Monthly Book Clubs - July 2023 9th July – The Satsuma Complex - Bob Mortimer - #LBCWSwan 12th July - Small Pleasures - Claire Chambers - #LBCHorsforth 15th July - 100 Foot Journey - Richard Morais - #LBC3Reads The Satsuma Complex My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors … Continue reading Upcoming Reads for July 🙂
Ethan Hawke on creativity
Just now, I came across this short clip on Instagram, that caught my ear. https://www.instagram.com/p/CtreD9wtgLd/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=708&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fdrneevil.wordpress.com&rp=%2F2023%2F06%2F26%2Fethan-hawke-on-creativity%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2235%7D This very short clip highlights the need that we have for creative endeavours – that art isn’t always appreciated or thought about… until it becomes vital, until that time when we are in the greatest need for connection. And something … Continue reading Ethan Hawke on creativity
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