Events for July 16th, 2026

Our next Thursday book club is on 16th July when we’ll discuss The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson. The book was shortlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and described by Cariad Lloyd on judging this year’s prize as “a beautiful and tender portrait of what it takes to leave where you’ve come from and forge your own future”, while fellow judge Salma El-Wardany said that “from the very first page I knew The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson was exceptional”.