South Manchester Book Group
We're a friendly and open reading group, and we share a love of books and discussing them with other people. We meet every fortnight, but you don't have to come to them all. It's dead simple; choose a book you like the sound of, read it (or even part of it) beforehand and turn up with a few ideas and money for beer / wine / flirtinis. It's very informal, and we're quite a friendly bunch.
We meet at a pub in Didsbury around 8 pm. We can usually be found on the table with the books and flirtinis.
We've become rather popular recently so unfortunately aren't accepting new members just at the moment. But please drop us a line on the Contact Us form and we'll add you to our mailing list.
Our reading list, past, present, and future, appears here and a short version of what we’re reading next is here.
Thursday 11 December 2008
Basketcase - Carl Hiaasen
Basketcase - Carl Hiaasen
CHRISTMAS MEAL - please note that for this week's meeting we will be combining the book discussion with a Christmas meal at That Cafe in Levenshulme.
The Christmas menu can be found here and if you want to attend, please let Liz know (email: bookgroup [at] btinternet.com) by 20th Nov (there is a £5 non-refundable deposit required).
Thursday 27 November 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Due to a bit of...errr...confusion, we'll also be discussing the last book (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) this week!
Thursday 13 November 2008
Thursday 16 October 2008
Thursday 2 October 2008
Thursday 18 September 2008
Thursday 4 September 2008
Thursday 21 August 2008
Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
This seems to be a fairly commonly available, comprehensive and cheap collection of Poe.
The Table of Contents can be viewed here - I suggest that at the previous meeting we decide which stories/poems we want to focus on.
Thursday 7 August 2008
Thursday 24 July 2008
Thursday 10 July 2008
Thursday 26 June 2008
Thursday 12 June 2008
Thursday 29 May 2008
Thursday 15 May 2008
Anthropology And a Hundred Other Stories - Dan Rhodes
Anthropology And a Hundred Other Stories - Dan Rhodes
Thursday 1 May 2008
Thursday 17 April 2008
Thursday 3 April 2008
Why Don't You Stop Talking - Jackie Kay
Why Don't You Stop Talking - Jackie Kay
This is a collection of short stories and should hopefully allow time for people to get a head start on the next book which is quite lengthy!
Thursday 20 March 2008
Thursday 6 March 2008
Thursday 21 February 2008
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez