Get to know some of the other people attending the ceilidh in the friendly atmosphere of the bookshop. We'll enjoy a chat and a drink (wine or cordial), and walk along to the Memorial Hall as a group.
Our next Monday book club is on 6th July when we’ll discuss winner of the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize, Hum by Helen Phillips. Chair of Judges, Arifa Akbar, described Hum as “a book that deals with love, community and family in the face of climate crisis, privilege and the age of AI” while fellow judge Jessie Greengrass said that it is “beautiful and intimate, this novel about the difficulties of love and care in a world which is increasingly mediated by technology is one I’ve found myself thinking about long after finishing the last page”.
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”.
Our next Monday book club is on 3rd August when we’ll discuss winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. “The year's breakout novel no one saw coming” (Wall Street Journal) was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick and a Times Book of the Year, who praised it as “a warm, funny gem of a novel”.
Our next Thursday book club is on 13th August when we’ll discuss The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick of the Summer and Sunday Times Bestseller. The Times said that “Laura Shepherd-Robinson takes delight in pulling the rug out from under her readers' feet . . . in this cleverly structured and consistently enjoyable novel”.
