Books in the Afternoon

Our group meets on the first Wednesday of each month – 3.30pm to 5pm in the library or in the garden weather permitting. We ask for a £1.50 per person contribution (from 1st March 2025) per meeting towards the library overheads.

New members are welcome, please just come along!

Previous books chosen have included:

2024

7th February ~ Jhumpa Lahiri ~ The Namesake

6th March ~ Pip Williams ~The Dictionary of Lost Words

3rd April ~ Alex Michaelides ~ The Silent Patient

1st May ~ Tracey Chevalier ~ The Last Runaway

5th June ~ Barry Hines – The Gamekeeper

2023

1st March  ~ Richard Coles ~ Murder before Evensong

5th April ~ Mark Haddon ~ The Red House

3rd May ~ Salley Vickers ~ Miss Garnet’s Angel

7th June ~ Miranda Cowley Heller ~ The Paper Palace 

5th July ~ Stacey Halls ~ The Foundling

2nd August ~ Richard Powers ~ The Overstory