Book Circle 3
Book Circle 3
The group meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at the convener's house in Hanwell. Participants arrive at 10am or soon after for a hot drink, and then we have a discussion about a novel for roughly an hour after that.
The list of books for the first 4 meetings of the new term is shown below; we will be reading Australian novels.
- October: My Brother Jack by George Johnson
- November: Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
- December: Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
There are no vacancies for new members in this group at the moment.
Convener: Grace Craddock, 020 8813 0667, or email through the blue bird, above right
Recent books read by this group have been:
Australian novels
September 2019 - My Place by Sally Morgan
Our previous selection was to work through the twentieth century decade by decade
July 2019 - our 1990s choice was Possession by A S Byatt.
June 2019 - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, representing the 1980s.
May 2019 - for the 1970s, A Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym.
April 2019 - The Master and Margarita by Michail Bugakov, published in the 1960's
March 2019 - the 1951-1960 book, Kingfishers Catch Fire by Rumer Godden
February 2019 - for the 1940's, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
January 2019 - our 1930's book, South Riding by Winifred Holtby
December 2018 - for our 1920's book, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
November 2018 - our 1911-1920 book, In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield
October 2018 - the 1901-1910 choice, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
September 2018 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng