Monday, December 23, 2013

January 2014: Stoner

The January meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 21st, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street. 

We'll be discussing John Williams' 'Stoner':
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/williams2c+john/john+williams/john+mcgahern/stoner/8777459/

Sunday, November 24, 2013

December 2013: The Sun Also Rises

The December meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 17th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street. 

There will be mince pies, and we'll be discussing a 20th century American classic - Ernest Hemingways's 'The Sun Also Rises':
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/ernest+hemingway/the+sun+also+rises/8621581/

(There are apparently free downloads available of the novel for those who look for them.)

 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

November 2013: The Pleasures of Eliza Lynch

The November meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 19th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing Anne Enright's 'The Pleasures of Eliza Lynch':

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

October 2013: The Testament of Mary

The October meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 15th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing Colm Toibin's 'The Testament of Mary', currently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize:
 

Friday, August 23, 2013

September 2013: The L-Shaped Room

The September meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 17th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing Lynne Reid-Bank's classic 'The L-Shaped Room':
 
 

Friday, July 19, 2013

August 2013 meeting: 'Zeina'

The August meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 20th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing Nawal El Saadawi's 'Zeina':
 
 

Monday, June 24, 2013

July 2013 meeting: May We Be Forgiven

The July meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 15th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, A M Homes' 'May We Be Forgiven':
 
 
 

Camberwell Library event: The Case of the Missing Eyelash

There is an author's event at Camberwell Library on Thursday 27th June at 7pm with the very talented and funny  Karen Mcleod.
 
Details of Karen's novel, The Case of the Missing Eyelash, can be found online here:
 

Saturday, May 18, 2013

June 2013 meeting: The Virago Book of Fairy Tales

The June meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 18th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing 'The Virago Book of Fairy Tales':
 
There are only used copies available on Amazon, but plenty of them and at only 1p plus postage.
 
 

Friday, April 19, 2013

May 2013 meeting: Girl Meets Boy

The May meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 14th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.
 
We'll be discussing Ali Smith's 'Girl Meets Boy':
 
You can read a review of the book here:
 
Come and join us even if you haven't read the book so you can help us choose the next one!
 
 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

April 2013 meeting: 'The Raw Shark Texts'

The April meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 16th, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird, Camberwell Church Street.

We'll be discussing Steven Hall's 'The Raw Shark Texts':

You can read a review of the book here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview9

Monday, February 25, 2013

March 2013: Damon Galgut's 'In A Strange Room'

The March meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 19th March, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird bar, Camberwell Church Street.

We'll be discussing Damon Galgut's 'In A Strange Room'. You can read a review of the book here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/22/strange-room-damon-galgut-review

Come and join us even if you haven't read the book so you can help us choose the next one!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

February meeting: Jonathan Kemp's 'London Triptych'

The February meeting of the Book Group will be on Tuesday 19th February, at 7.30pm, in The Stormbird bar, Camberwell Church Street.

We'll be discussing Jonathan Kemp's 'London Triptych'.  Jonathan is one of the speakers at our LGBT History Month Special Event on 8th February (see post below), and the book will be available to purchase there.

Come and join us even if you haven't read the book - help us choose the next one!


Saturday, January 26, 2013

February 2013: LGBT History Month Special Event

Neil Bartlett (Skin Lane, Mr Clive and Mr Page) and

Jonathan Kemp (London Triptych)

discuss writing gay historical fiction and why it is important to imagine hidden histories,

and read from their current work-in-progress.

 
Friday 8th February

6.30pm

Camberwell Library, SE5

Refreshments and nibbles available



Neil Bartlett ('Skin Lane', 'Mr Clive and Mr Page') is a writer, theatre director, and performer.  His work has been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at the National Theatre and the Royal Court amongst many others.  He was Artistic Director of the Hammersmith Lyric for 10 years, and was awarded the OBE for his achievements there.  Bartlett’s 3rd novel ‘Skin Lane’, the story of a man’s sexual innocence and repression set against the background of the 1967 Wolfenden Report and the legalizing of gay sex, was nominated for the Costa Book Award in 2007.

Jonathan Kemp is a writer and teaches creative writing and comparative literature at Birkbeck, University of London.  His first novel, ‘London Triptych’, tells the stories of three gay men living in London during three different periods spanning the late nineteenth century through to the early twenty-first century, drawing comparisons and links between the experiences of each.  It was the winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize and the Polari First Book Prize in 2010.
 
This event has been sponsored by a grant from Southwark Council's LGBT Network.