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

Thursday, 19 December 2024

Saturnalia ! — The Lord of Misrule

Book cover for Saturnalia ! by The Lord of Misrule Saturnalia ! in the South Manchester, Chorlton, Cheadle, Fallowfield, Burnage, Levenshulme, Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel, Northenden, and Didsbury book group Great gods above, that horrible and cursed little book !

Surely you sent it to your Catullus, so that he might die, again and again, on that day, during the Saturnalia too, the best of days !

It won't end like this for you, oh no, my clever one.


We head to the fleshpots of the Neues Berlin to celebrate the mid-winter.

Please note this is the last meeting of the year.