We're slowly making our way through the Guardian's list of 1000 novels everyone must read, which covers novels about love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, and war and travel. We work our way through the categories each month, and invite members to nominate books from the list. Once nominations have been received, all members vote for their choice. The book club is for people living in and around Chiswick, as well as those who don't mind travell …
About The Words Women & Wine Book Group... The Words, Women and Wine Book Group was started by Debbie, the Organiser, simply because there were no other book groups to join locally or at least no groups open to new members. If you too would like to meet like minded people from your local area to discuss great books and make some new lasting friends... join our group! Books are best shared through lively conversation and in our group you’ll be able to share your thoughts a …
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Any book worms out there?... this group has just one focus book lovers and FEMALES (any race,size and shape) mainly aged between 25-38, I'm calling all mums, wifes, singletons,divorcees, basically the female DIVA in London town! To join me. This is a small,friendly ''active members only'' group, we read all genre books it's very mixed, and books are voted in! Not just selected by an organiser. How it works is to suggest a book to me that you would like to read with your fellow Diva Readers and …
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The Science Fiction Book Club meets in central London on the second and fourth Mondays of the month and is open to both men & women who enjoy discussing the themes and issues found in Science Fiction Novels. This is NOT a Book Club for blokes who work in IT to get overexcited about Lasers & Aliens. Seriously. It's not. It's a Book club to read & discuss character-led SF novels for grown-ups at the more literate end of Science Fiction spectrum. We read anything from Atwood to Zelazny that hel …
Are you starting up or working in a business, or looking to equip yourself with career or life skills? Do you often hear about books that could really help and which you really want to read but lack the time? Then welcome. Please do come along and get involved! The Problem: Too many books to read, too little time! Which are great and which are grotty? The Solution: Monthly meet-ups 5 volunteers read and review 1 book each between meet-ups Each volunteer then presents a 5 minute …
New to London? Or just want to discuss great books with like minded friends? This group was started because there's nothing better than sharing a great book. Come to laugh, have fun and exchange stories over a glass or two! From the humble beginnings of a few avid readers meeting once a month in London in 2008, The Girly Book Club network now extends around the world and would be delighted to welcome you, wherever you are! Join us in Denver, Colorado Join us in Wellington, New Zealand Join us in …
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Ever wondered what the author was thinking when they wrote a novel? We have created a meet up just for those who want to meet the author and then read their book with the knowledge of the objective and goals. Welcome to The Tea Box’s new Noveltea Book Club – a unique new way of meeting to discuss some of your favourite books from our local community of Authors – with niche to best-selling books on the agenda over the term. The Author will Introduce you to there book and then two weeks later afte …
Let's eat and drink at great venues, meet new friends who live nearby and enrich our minds at the same time! This group has a local focus and is designed for people living in the vicinity of Hampton Court/Teddington. We'll read one book a month and then meet up at a regular time to discuss it. We'll meet at an interesting, new local restaurant, pub or café, or at people's homes if they're willing to make it festive with a few snacks and drinks! Book selection will rotate among the members, and …
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We have just updated our About Us page. It's a good place to learn what we are about, so you should probably look there first! The Wimbledon Book Club is a reading group that meets in Wimbledon, SW19 Merton South London, on the first and third Mondays of the month. We all know most Bookclubs tend to read the same things don't we? 'The Help' or 'Eat, Prey, Love Marketing Opportunity™' or 'The Da V¡nc¡ Code'. Not us. We read contemporary fiction paperbacks and being an adventurous bunch we …
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The Fantasy Book Club meets in central London on the last Sunday of the month and is open to both men & women who enjoy discussing the themes and issues found in Fantasy Novels. We tend to read character-led Fantasy novels for grown-ups at the more literate end of Fantasy spectrum. Anything from Adams to Zelazny that helps us become 'Well Read in Fantasy'. Please bear in mind that we don't just read just High Fantasy. Our books are usually from the 60's onwards and could include anything fr …
This book club is an attempt to create a platform and a community to bring together free thinking & open minded individuals who are starting to feel or have always had an intense craving for the presence of spirituality in their lives, would like to explore the lessons it teaches us and applying these lessons to improve, elevate and add value to the quality of our day to day lives. We will meet on a weekly basis and go through well respected books on spirituality from all over the world, only …
This is a London-based book club for everyone that wants to meet monthly to discuss a 'short' book over a drink. Whether it's because you're too busy or too lazy (like me) to read a novel, appreciate shorter books, or want to supplement your current book club, everyone is welcome. The aim is to meet once a month at a pub on a weekday evening to discuss the month's book whilst meeting new people and having a laugh in the process. If you're on Facebook, why not join our group: http://www.faceboo …
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A monthly meet up in a central London venue to swap, give away, recommend and talk about business books. The kind of books that have taught you, motivated you, inspired you, improved your understanding of psychology, sociology or other ologys. Is your hero Seth Godin or Richard Templar? Freakonomics or Wikinomics? Richard Branson or Felix Dennis? Discuss this, and other things (with beer). We'll be having an author speaker at each event. We've been chatting to lots of writers, publishers a …
Have you ever had your friends roll their eyes at you when you (again) wanted to discuss why a book ended the way it did or why it was written in such an odd way? Would you like to be moved out of you comfort zone and read books you would never have picked off the shelf yourself? Do you like to meet new people and chat for ages over a cup of tea on a Sunday afternoon? If you can answer yes to all of these questions, you should join this book club! The books we read will be determined by proposit …
Do you know how the World is going to end? These authors do! We are a group of friends who realized that we are interested in post-apocalyptic books and as half joke decided to start a book club dedicated to it. We will be meeting once a month in a pub in Central London to chat about a pre-chosen post-apocalyptic themed book, as well as organizing movie nights and pub crawls. Also, we are an equal opportunity group and don't discriminate against those who are into dystopic lit, so if you fancy …
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A monthly event bringing together Asian book and art lovers! (I know how that line must read - no you dont have to be Asian to join this group lol! Just have a keen interest in Asian literature and would like to meet people who feel the same and a place to discuss the works) The aim is to hold a monthly event in central London discussing Pan-Asian/Chinese literature, the arts, philosophy and poetry. Each event will have a different theme/focus. This would be a place to discuss, read and perform …
For book-lovers and people interested in exploring Asian culture and Asian life. The club will run as a regular Book Club; a book will be selected every month and we will meet to review/discuss/debate the book during that month. Genre - Fiction (mostly) by authors from Indian sub-continent, China, Japan, South East or Central Asia - or any book that provides insights into historical, social or cultural aspects of the countries in Asia. The Meetings will be on a weekend and will …
We welcome new members! (We even welcome those who have not finished the entire book - though be aware of the spoiler alert - the ending may be given away during our discussions) This book club focuses on contemporary literary fiction. If you enjoy discussing modern and contemporary literary fiction then this is the book club for you. We like to have lazy Sunday afternoon discussions of the book over a glass of wine or a drink of your choice. Typically we meet every fourth or fifth Sunday of the …
This group is a happy marriage of good food, wine and books. We'll hold unique events in London which are exclusive to the group. Coming up we have wine experiences, exclusive cookery classes with top London chefs, private book readings and debates, private classes at Brindisa ham school, book lunches (the latest book club trend) and much much more. The concept is simple, to incorporate the love for the latest foodie trend, the hottest novel and great plonk.
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This is a book club that specialises in anything LGBTQ. Open to anyone (regardless of gender / sexuality / orientation / etc) with an interest in queer literature - from the trashy to the highbrow. The aim of the group is to celebrate queer culture and history, read some queer fiction, have a few drinks and meet new open-minded friends. Each meeting we decide on the book for next month, so FEEL FREE TO COME ALONG EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK. Book suggestions are always welcome :) **Out …
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