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, and can usually be found on the table with the books and flirtinis.

If you enjoy talking about books over a quiet drink, then please join us — new members are very welcome.

Our reading list, past, present, and future, appears here and a short version of what we’re reading next is here.

Thursday 8 February 2024

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century — Olga Ravn

Book cover for The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century in the South Manchester, Chorlton, Cheadle, Fallowfield, Burnage, Levenshulme, Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel, Northenden, and Didsbury book group Why do I have all these thoughts if the job I’m doing is mainly technical ? Why do I have these thoughts if the reason I’m here is primarily to increase production ? From what perspective are these thoughts productive ? Was there an error in the update ? If there was, I’d like to be rebooted.

This week's book is The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.