South Manchester Book Group: 2009

South Manchester Book Group

We're a friendly and open South Manchester pub-based 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 8.30 pm, and 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 and present, appears below. Our upcoming schedule of what we’re reading next is here.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

Desperate Romantics, The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites - Franny Moyle

Desperate Romantics, The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites - Franny Moyle

Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul - Douglas Adams

Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul - Douglas Adams

The Hummingbirds Daughter - Luis Alberto Urrea

The Hummingbirds Daughter - Luis Alberto Urrea

Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant

Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant

Saving Agnes - Rachel Cusk

Saving Agnes - Rachel Cusk

Dracula - Bram Stoker

Dracula - Bram Stoker

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Laughter in the Dark - Vladimir Nabokov

Laughter in the Dark - Vladimir Nabokov

Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid - Simon Armitage

Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid - Simon Armitage

White Tiger - Aravid Adiga

White Tiger - Aravid Adiga

Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

Please note change in date for this book.

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

This book has been chosen as part of Refugee Week (15th - 21st June) and we will be joined by a representative from the Red Cross.

Q and A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire) - Vikas Swarup

Q and A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire) - Vikas Swarup

A Grief Observed - CS Lewis

A Grief Observed - CS Lewis

The Manchester Man - Mrs G Linnaeus Banks

The Manchester Man - Mrs G Linnaeus Banks

This text is available free online.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F Scott Fitzgerald

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F Scott Fitzgerald

This text is available free online.

Rabbit, Run - John Updike

Rabbit, Run - John Updike

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

The Gift of Stones - Jim Crace

The Gift of Stones - Jim Crace

Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - Richard Bach

This week two short stories by Richard Bach

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Feminine Gospels - Carol Ann Duffy

The Feminine Gospels - Carol Ann Duffy

Love on the Dole - Walter Greenwood

Love on the Dole - Walter Greenwood

Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales - Angela Carter

Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales - Angela Carter

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