Due to popular demand there is shortly to be a Book Club 3. They are all medium sized groups and members are all welcome to choose a book they believe would be interesting for the group to read and discuss. Please see the Book Club Programmes below.
Book Club 1: Convenor: Marjorie Gee, 0161 670 3764 – email: marjoriegee1950@sky.com
Venue and Time: The Book Club 1 meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the Walkden Gateway, 10am to 11am. For further information, please contact Marjorie.
Book Club 2: Convenor: Diana Battersby – email: dianabattersby@gmail.com
Venue and Time: Book Club 2 meets every first Wednesday of the month between 12:00 and 13:00h at Walkden Gateway, following Book Club 1 and the Theatre Group. Book Club 2 programme is listed below the Club 1 programme For further information, please contact Diana.
Book Club 3: Convenor: Lynda Pearson, 07979 913788 – email: lyndapearson@live.co.uk
Venue and Time: Book Club 3 will meet on the first Wednesday of the month at the Walkden Gateway, between 11am and 12noon. For further information, please contact Lynda
Please see the Book Clubs 1, 2 & 3 Programmes below:
| Book Club 1 Programme 2019 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 02 January | “How to Stop Time” by Matt Haig |
| 06 February | “The House” by Simon Lelic |
| 06 March | “Need to Know” by Karen Cleveland |
| 03 April | “The Sealwomans Gift” by Sally Magnusson |
| 01 May | “The Silent Companions” by Laura Purcell |
| 05 June | “Villette” by Charlotte Bronte |
| 03 July | “Then She Was Gone” by Lisa Jewell |
| 07 August | ” House Rules” by Jodi Picoult |
| 04 September | “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje |
| 02 October | “Pale Rider” by Laura Spinney |
| 06 November | “The Man I Think I Know” by Mike Gayle |
| 04 December | “Seven Days of us” by Francesca Hornak; followed by Christmas Lunch at “The Coal & Cotton” Boothstown 1pm |
Book Club 1 Scores November 2019
| Book Club 2 Programme 2019 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 02 January | “Never let me go” by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 06 February | “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” by Gail Honeyman |
| 06 March | “Snap” by Belinda Bauer |
| 03 April | “The Spinning Heart” by Donal Ryan |
| 01 May | “Slow Horses” by Mick Herron |
| 05 June | “The Coroner’s Lunch: Dr Siri series” by Colin Cotterill |
| 03 July | “Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored” by Philippe Georget |
| 07 August | “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel” by Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| 04 September | “In the days of rain” by Rebecca Stott |
| 02 October | “Holy Island: DCI Ryan mystery” by L J Ross |
| 06 November | “600 hours of Edward” by Craig Lancaster |
| 04 December | “The sense of an ending” by Julian Barnes |
| Book Club 3 Programme 2019 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 05 June | “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” by Gail Honeyman |
| 03 July | “Then She Was Gone” by Lisa Jewell |
| 07 August | ” House Rules” by Jodi Picoult |
| 04 September | “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje |
| 02 October | “Pale Rider” by Laura Spinney |
| 06 November | “The Man I Think I Know” by Mike Gayle |
| 04 December | “Seven Days of us” by Francesca Hornak; followed byChristmas Lunch at “The Coal & Cotton” Boothstown 1pm |
Book Club 3 Scores November 2019
| Book Club 1 Programme 2020 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 08 January | “Beloved” by Toni Morrison |
| 05 February | “Far from the Madding Crowd” by Thomas Hardy |
| 04 March | “The Salt Path” by Raynor Winn |
| 01 April | “The Hoarder” by Jess Kidd |
| 06 May | “The Second Child” by Caroline Bond |
| 03 June | “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles |
| 01 July | “The History of Bees” by Maja Lunde |
| 05 August | “Once Upon a River” by Diane Setterfield |
| 02 September | “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams |
| 07 October | “Akin” by Emma Donoghue |
| 04 November | “The Second Sleep” by Robert Harris |
| 02 December | “Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas” by Adam Kay |
| Book Club 2 Programme 2020 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 08 January | “Ghost Wall” by Sara Moss |
| 05 February | “Plot 29” by Allan Jenkins |
| 04 March | “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy |
| 01 April | “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones |
| 06 May | “American War” by Omar El Akkad |
| 03 June | “Some Tame Gazelle” by Barbara Pym |
| 01 July | “The Guardians” by John Grisham |
| 05 August | “Fleishman is in Trouble” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner |
| 02 September | “The Man I Think I Know” by Mike Gayle |
| 07 October | “Pale Rider” by Laura Spinney |
| 04 November | “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah |
| 02 December | “Live a Little” by Howard Jacobson |
| Book Club 3 Programme 2020 | |
| Date | Book And Author |
| 08 January | “Betray Her” by Caroline England |
| 05 February | “The History of Bees” by Maja Lunde |
| 04 March | “Light Shining in the Forest” by Paul Torday |
| 01 April | “An Italian Education” by Tim Parks |
| 06 May | “Circe” by Madeline Miller |
| 03 June | “Who Runs Britain?” by Robert Peston |
| 01 July | “Vox” by Christina Dalcher |
| 05 August | “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey |
| 02 September | “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Steadman |
| 07 October | “Lines in the Sand” by A. A. Gill |
| 04 November | “Moral Disorder” by Margaret Atwood |
| 02 December | “The Taking of Annie Thorne” by C. J. Tudor |
