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SUMMARY:Hawthorn Book Club: June 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next Thursday book club! \nWe meet on the second Thursday of each month for a relaxed and friendly conversation about the current book. \nThe bookshop door will be open from 6.50pm for a 7pm start in our atmospheric upstairs space. \nOur book club meetings are free to attend\, and we offer a 10% discount on each month’s paperback choice. \n  \nThis Month’s Book\nThe Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha\nBrilliantly rendered … Guha poignantly balances individual lives and threats of political and ecological disaster — Literary Review \nA stylish and engaging tragi-comedy of manners . . . Keshava Guha is an astute and insightful observer of contemporary India — Amitav Ghosh\, author of the Ibis trilogy \nA waspishly witty eye cast on the war between sisters and brothers in polluted\, high-achieving Delhi — Francis Spufford \nThe fiercest wars are fought between siblings. \nTara\, a successful Dehli lawyer\, is everything her younger brother isn’t: dedicated\, independent\, thriving. When their beloved father retires\, he summons them to a meeting. But what he has to say threatens to tear the family apart. \nTara’s friend Lila has it all: a great job\, a lovely home\, a beautiful family. But when Lila’s father dies unexpectedly\, her brother wastes no time in claiming what he thinks is his. \nTogether\, Tara and Lila are forced to confront the challenge that their ambition poses to patriarchal Delhi society. Set against a backdrop of ecological collapse and political unrest\, The Tiger’s Share is both a family and a state-of-the-nation novel unlike anything else in contemporary Indian fiction. \nAn extraordinary new kind of Indian novel in English\, as attuned to life in contemporary New Delhi as to the choices ecological collapse eventually will force upon us all. It’s also the story of two unforgettable families\, told with a controlled emotional precision that only intensifies the power of the novel’s shocking conclusion — Nell Freudenberger\, author of The Newlyweds \nExciting young minds are a joy forever\, and Guha is true superstar … destined for greatness — Amol Rajan \nGuha offers a wide\, chaotic and morally ambiguous portrait of contemporary Delhi society … Its breadth and ambition – with even the most minor characters fleshed out\, each bookshop or park or neighbourhood visited an opportunity for Guha to thicken the text with some historical\, political context – has echoes of Zadie Smith’s early maximalist style — Guardian
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/hawthorn-club-june-2026/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Hawthorn Club,Meet at the Book Tree
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SUMMARY:Midsummer Festival: Pre-Ceilidh Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Get to Know Some Other People Going to the Ceilidh\nPickering Book Tree | from 5pm | Tickets FREE\n \nIf you’re attending the Midsummer Ceilidh and would like to get to know some friendly faces before the dancing begins\, join us for this relaxed gathering in Pickering Book Tree. \nThe pre-ceilidh meet up is free to attend\, but please RSVP via the booking page linked below. \nWe’ll mingle in the welcoming atmosphere of the bookshop\, enjoying an informal chat and a drink. There’ll also be the opportunity to browse the books if you’d like to do so. We’ll then walk to the Memorial Hall together as a group to arrive in good time before the music and dancing begins! \nAnyone booked for the ceilidh is welcome to join us\, especially if you’re new to the area\, haven’t been to a ceilidh before or aren’t sure if you know anyone else going to the dance. \nWe hope that this will be a lovely way to feel comfortable and meet each other before the evening fully starts. \n  \nTickets\nFree\, but please RSVP\n  \nAvailable from the shop counter or online at ticketsource.com\n  \nDirect link to booking page here\n \nThe bookshop will be open from 5pm and we’ll leave for the Memorial Hall at around 6.30pm.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/pre-ceilidh-meet-up/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Folk,Live Music,Meet at the Book Tree,Pickering Midsummer Festival
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