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 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 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 21 February 2008