. | Book Group 1 - Programme 2020 | . | . |
Date | Title | Introduced by | Host |
14th January | When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman | . | Meryl |
11th February | The 39 Steps by John Buchan | Marjorie | Majorie |
10th March | The Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse | Meryl | Meryl |
14th April | CANCELLED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS |
12th May | Beastings by Benjamin Myers | Kathy | ZOOM |
9th June | The Northumbrians by Dan Jackson | Colin | ZOOM |
14th July | The Testaments by Margaret Atwood | . | ZOOM |
11th August | Our own choices | . | ZOOM |
8th September | Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver | . | ZOOM |
13th October | Becoming by Michele Obama | . | ZOOM |
10th November | The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield | . | ZOOM |
8th December | From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan | . | ZOOM |
. | Book Group 1 - Programme 2019 | . | . |
Date | Title | Introduced by | Host |
January 8, 2019 | Bhowani Junction, John Masters | Alison | Marjorie |
February 12, 2019 | The Go-Between, LP Hartley | Mary-Rose | Mary-Rose |
March 12, 2019 | A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles | Meryl | Meryl |
April 9, 2019 | Death and the Penguin,Andrey Kurkov | Kathy | Kathy |
May 14, 2019 | The Music Shop, Rachel Joyce | Marjorie | Marjorie |
June11, 2019 | The Shepherd’s Hut, Tim Winton | Colin | Colin |
July 9, 2019 | Mr God, This is Ana, Fynn | Mary | Mary |
August 13, 2019 | General Discussion | | Judy |
September 10, 2019 | The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins | Rosie | Rosie |
October 8, 2019 | Washington Black, Esi Edugyan | Judy | Judy |
November 12, 2019 | All the Light you Cannot See, Anthony Doerr | Gill | Gill |
December 10, 2019 | Jean de Florette by Marcel Pagnol | Tony | Tony |
. | Book Group 1 - Programme 2017-2018 | . | . |
Date | Title | Introduced by | Host |
December 12, 2017 | Conclave, Robert Harris | Noel | Noel |
January 9, 2018 | Brave New World, Aldous Huxley | Alison | Marjorie |
February 13 | A Town Like Alice, Neville Shute | Mary-Rose | Mary-Rose |
March 13 | The Ginger Tree, Oswald Wynd | Marjorie | Marjorie |
April 10 | The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller | Meryl | Meryl |
May 8 | The Dinner, Herman Koch | Kathy | Kathy |
June 2 | The Ice Palace, Tarjei Versaas | Mary | Mary |
July 10 | Shakespeare – tba | Colin | Colin |
August 14 | . | . | |
September 11 | The Pearl, Steinbeck (short stories?) | Pauline | Pauline |
October 9 | Paddy Clark ha ha ha, Roddy Doyle | Judy | Judy |
November 13 | Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler | Tony | Tony |
December 11 | Light on Snow, Anita Shreeve. | Rosie | Rosie |
. | Choices in 2017 were: |
. | Spies, by Michael Frayn |
. | All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy |
. | Snowflower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See |
. | Restoration, by Rose Tremain |
. | Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou |
. | Polyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter |
. | Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett |
. | The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery |