#LBCWSwan – November book – Memphis

Well, we've made it! Our final white swan book club of the year! Date: 12th November Venue: White Swan - Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm - 8pm Memphis by Tara M Stringfellow Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory.

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/10/12/lbcwswan-november-book-memphis/

#LBCWSwan – Piranesi

It’s book club day! This evening from 6pm, we meet at the White Swan pub to discuss Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Looking forward to seeing members new and old regular!

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/10/08/lbcwswan-piranesi/

#LBCWSwan – October Book – Piranesi

Hello! We only have two books left in the book clubbing year! Hasn't 2023 flown! Date: 8th October Venue: White Swan, Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm - 8pm Our book choice for October is... Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides which…

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/09/19/lbcwswan-october-book-piranesi/

It’s book club today! #LBCWSwan

Greetings! Time: 6pm Venue: White Swan in the City Centre Discussing: Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway.

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/09/17/its-book-club-today-lbcwswan/

Wonderful book club yesterday evening, am so bouncy today! Fantastic (if noisy!) chat & a good 2 hours on a tiny book - always excellent!

Thanks as always to @whiteswanleeds who patiently allowed us to move the furniture around.

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#LBCWSwan – August read!

This month, for our White Swan based book club, we will be reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Date: 13th of August 2023 Time: 6pm - 8pm Venue: white Swan, Leeds city centre There are normal people, and then there is Keiko. At school and university, people find Keiko odd, and her family worries she will never fit in. To make them happy, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store where she finds peace and purpose in…

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/08/08/lbcwswan-august-read/

Upcoming Reads for July :)

Monthly Book Clubs - July 2023 9th July – The Satsuma Complex - Bob Mortimer - #LBCWSwan 12th July - Small Pleasures - Claire Chambers - #LBCHorsforth 15th July - 100 Foot Journey - Richard Morais - #LBC3Reads The Satsuma Complex My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity.

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/06/30/upcoming-reads-for-july/

Misery Audiobook

For #LBCWSwan (our White Swan based book club), we are reading Misery by Stephen King. Time - 6pm Date - 25th June Venue - White Swan, Leeds city centre Misery Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of best sellers. And now he wanted to get on to some real writing.

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/06/23/misery-audiobook/

Upcoming Books for June :)

Monthly Book Clubs - June 2023 14th June - Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield #LBCHorsforth 25th June - Misery - Stephen King - #LBCWSwan Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.

http://leedsbookclub.com/2023/06/08/upcoming-books-for-june/