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
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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 🙂
Upcoming Books for June :)
Monthly Book Clubs - June 2023 14th June - Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield #LBCHorsforth 25th June - Misery - Stephen King - #LBCWSwan Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life … Continue reading Upcoming Books for June 🙂
#LBCHorsforth – April Read
We will be meeting up for April to discuss Sea of Tranquility- Emily St John Mandel Date: 12th April Venue: Zoom Time: 7.30pm In 1912, eighteen-year-old Edwin St. Andrew crosses the Atlantic, exiled from English polite society. In British Columbia, he enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and for a … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – April Read
#LBCHorsforth – March Read – Face to Face
In March, we will be reading - No one is talking about this - Patricia Lockwood Date: 8th March 2023 Time: 7.30pm Venue: White Swan Leeds This is a story about a life lived in two halves. It's about what happens when real life collides with the increasing absurdity of a world accessed through a … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – March Read – Face to Face
LBC Horsforth – A massive first choice!
For #LBCHorsforth, we are opening the year with To Paradise by Hanyer Yanagihara. To Paradise To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of our desire to protect those we love – partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even … Continue reading LBC Horsforth – A massive first choice!
LeedsBoookClub Christmas Do!
Yippee! It’s that time of the year! Am busy organising the @LeedsBookClub Christmas do for December and feeling incredibly excited to see everyone in person again! Since March 2020, there have now been a total of 75 book clubs via zoom; 1 Christmas meet up face to face and 3 in person book clubs. So … Continue reading LeedsBoookClub Christmas Do!
Two January Books for 2023
Two January books have already been picked for #LeedsBookClub for 2023! Can you imagine? #LBCWSwan (face to face) 15th Jan - The ten thousand doors of January - Alix E Harrow #LBCHorforth (face to face) 18th Jan - To Paradise - Hanyer Yanagihara
#LBCHorsforth – postponed for a week
Sadly, I still have no voice so book club will have to be postponed for a week. Date:Time: 7.30pm Venue: Zoom Book: The Shafow Ming - Maaza Mengiste Ethiopia, 1935.With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer, Kidane, an officer … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – postponed for a week
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