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 27 June 2019

Endless Night — Agatha Christie

Book cover for Agatha Christie's Endless Night in the South Manchester, Chorlton, and Didsbury book group Gipsy’s Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea — and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after. Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals' warnings: ‘There’s no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy’s Acre’. Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying ‘In my end is my beginning’.
This week's book is Agatha Christie's Endless Night and we'll be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury.

Thursday 13 June 2019

Strangers On A Train — Patricia Highsmith

Book cover for Patricia Highsmith's Strangers On A Train in the South Manchester, Chorlton, and Didsbury book groupStrangers on a Train is a psychological thriller novel about two men whose lives become entangled after one of them proposes they trade murders. He then goes ahead and fulfills his end of the imaginary bargain, and then tries to force the other to complete his side of the bargain ...

This week's book is Patricia Highsmith's Strangers On A Train and we'll be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury.