Well, we've made it! Our final white swan book club of the year! Date: 12th November Venue: White Swan - Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm - 8pm Memphis by Tara M Stringfellow Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home … Continue reading #LBCWSwan – November book – Memphis
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#LBCWSwan – Piranesi
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
#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!
#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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