Our friendly, informal and relaxed group Book Club welcomes all to discuss a wide range of titles. It usually meets on the last Wednesday of the month, from 7.00pm-8.00pm. Held in the Choir Vestry, those attending vary. We welcome new folk to widen our discussions and bring new insights. Feel free to just turn up!
Wednesdays
27th May: Funny Thing, Getting Older, by Michael Morpurgo
Reflections from a lifetime of writing stories about the world. Morpurgo’s thoughts on nature, childhood, writing, peace and war, and getting older.
24th June: Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language, by Bill Bryson, described as a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world’s language.
Previous books discussed: Fully alive: tending to the soul in turbulent times” by Elizabeth Oldfield; Colonialism by Nigel Biggar; The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak; Don’t forget we’re here forever: a new generation’s search for religion, by Lamorna Ash; The Housekeeper and the Professor’ by Yoko Ogawa; The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans; ‘Defy :The Power of No in a World that demands Yes’ by Sunita Sah; Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton; I, Julian by Claire Gilbert; Saturday by Ian McEwan; The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré; Conclave by Robert Harris; Wintering by Katherine May, The Sky Beneath Us by Fiona Valpy; Sweet Bean Paste by the Japanese author Durian Sukegawa; War Doctor by David Nott; Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson; The Periodic Table by Primo Levi; Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro; Sapiens by Yuval Harari; The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey; Steeple Chasing by Peter Ross; The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee; Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng.
For more information, please email the office: office@stpetersedinburgh.org