Stokes Croft Book Group
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We meet at 7pm on the first Monday of the month at the Social on Cheltenham Road. Come and join us to chat about books, life, love & your favourite authors.
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Word of the day: "library" - a treasure-house of books, a sanctuary for study. "Library" comes from the Latin "liber" meaning both "book" & "bark", from the early use of tree-bark as a writing material. As the word's roots tell us, libraries are story-forests, wildwoods of words.
Interesting interview with John Lanchester – we’ll be discussing his new novel The Wall at our next meeting on 15th April. Join us from 7pm at the The Social – look forward to seeing you there!
In our #BookGroup next month we're discussing Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene. We'll be at the The Social from 7pm on Monday 13th May and do hope you can join us. Newcomers always very welcome!
Looking forward to discussing the mystery novel We Have Always Lived in The Castle by American author Shirley Jackson in our #BookGroup at the The Social on Monday 3 June. Hope to see you there!
A great #BookGroup evening at the The Social this week discussing Shirley Jackson’s eerie novel ‘We Have Always Lived in The Castle’. Merricat is the kind of character who will stay with you for a long time…
Come and join us at the The Social at 7pm on 8th July when we’ll be discussing Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral bit.ly/2XndBHu
Michael Rosen: 'How poetry helped me to grieve' bbc.com/reel/video/p07… via BBC News (World)
We're looking forward to catching up with everyone in our #BookGroup to discuss Christina Dalcher's chilling new novel Vox. We'll be at the The Social from 7pm on Monday 19th August if you're free - do come along and join us!
Like chatting about #books? Come and join our friendly book group! Our next meeting is at 7pm on Monday 2nd September at the The Social. We'll be discussing Nella Larsen's novel 'Passing', set in 1920's Harlem.
Free tonight? Come and join us as we meet to discuss Tom Wolfe's satire Bonfire of the Vanities at the The Social. We'll be there from 7pm - come along and say hi if you'd like to find out more about our group. #BookGroup #Bristol
Come and join us on 4th November when we'll be discussing Marilynne Robinson's Pulizter Prize winning novel Gilead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_(n… We'll be at the The Social from 7pm - hope to see you there!
Looking for a #BookGroup to join? Come and take part in our discussion at the The Social from 7pm on 2 December. We'll be sharing our thoughts on Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan... theguardian.com/books/2019/apr…
Check out all the interesting talks and events happening this weekend as part of the first ever Clifton Literary Festival festival!
We’ve changed our date of meeting this month and will be at the The Social from 7pm this coming Monday 10th February to discuss Falling Towards England, a memoir from the late and beloved Clive James. Hope you can join us.
Library staff #TakeABreak with UoB eBooks. lizzie hawthorn is looking for Treasure ... Search eBooks at bit.ly/2Y1J3ek where you will also find support links. #KeepReading #TakeABreak #StayAtHome #RainyDay #UoBLiterature
🖐️Who's joining in with bigbookweekend this weekend from Fri-Sun? It's a free 3-day virtual festival presenting some brilliant events from otherwise cancelled UK literary festivals. We can't wait! 📚😃 bigbookweekend.com
Hay Festival 📖 goes digital at the end of this month with a star-studded line-up 🤩 🤩 🤩 tiny.cc/hayonline Bristol Libraries #LibrariesFromHome #readingcommunity Bristol Lit Fest
