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 22 February 2024

Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus

Book cover for Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry in the South Manchester, Chorlton, Cheadle, Fallowfield, Burnage, Levenshulme, Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel, Northenden, and Didsbury book group “Sometimes I think,” she said slowly, “that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn't make it past noon.”

This week's book is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.

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.

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