We are a group of nine men and women. Twice a year each of us proposes two books for consideration by the group for future reading and we vote for which of the two will be included on our list. These are mainly novels, but may also be short story collections, biographies and detective stories. To minimise costs all proposed books must be available in paperback and we prefer books of less than 400 pages. The proposer is responsible for giving a short introduction to the chosen book and its author, the rest of the meeting being spent on general discussion of the book and its themes.

Presentation dates are agreed in advance for a six month programme so that we have ample time to obtain and read the books. We also include in our programmes several sessions for looking at poetry or for a general discussion about some aspect of literature.

Our programme for the next ten months is as follows:-

July 25th    All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

August 22nd   Carry me across the water by Ethan Canin

September 19th   Private life by Jane Smiley

October 17th   Silas Marner by George Eliot

November 14th   The other hand by Chris Cleave

December 12th   Christmas readings

January 9th   Deaf sentence by David Lodge

February 6th   The hare with amber eyes by Edmund de Waal

March 5th   Latecomers by Anita Brookner

April 2nd   A fairly honourable defeat by Iris Murdoch