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 19 May 2016

Glasshouse — Charles Stross

Book cover for Charles Stross's Glasshouse in the South Manchester, Chorlton, and Didsbury book groupAll men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night.

It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out of the picture because of something his earlier self knew.

This week's book is Charles Stross's Glasshouse and we'll be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury.

Thursday 5 May 2016

A Town Like Alice — Nevil Shute

Book cover for Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice in the South Manchester, Chorlton, and Didsbury book groupIt's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language ...

This week's book is Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice and we'll be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury.