Due to popular demand there are 3 Book Clubs. 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 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 1 Score Sheet September 2020
| 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 |
Book Club 3 Scores December 2019
