Heidelberg English Speaking BookclubRabih Alameddine - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
March 20, 2026, 9:30:00 AM UTC - GMT - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, 69115, Heidelberg, Germanyhttps://rheinneckar.events/events/099d18a3-96b9-4814-9a46-1d19efc1a0ad
NeilInterested in science fiction and drinking wine (or tea/coffee!)?
It's our first science fiction book group of 2026. We're meeting from 6pm on Wed 21st Jan in @thegamerclub on Bath Lane in #Glasgow
No particular book this month, just a general sci-fi chat and planning which books to read for the next few meetups.
All welcome!
RSVP on meetup (or just reply here): https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/312555221/
You can also join our chatroom on Matrix at #bookgroup:glasgow.social
HeatherWhile I'm wittering on about #books, these are two of my to-read piles. One is in a bookcase as I knew I'd be a while getting round to them. I bought those for 50p a pop at a Christmas bazaar. They often have some mid-century gems but not this time. The other is by the bed, the Active Pile. The top three are proofs sent to a bookshop in town which offers them to #bookgroup members. The bottom two are Christmas presents that I was delighted to receive. House of Splinters is excellent. #bookstodon
Stolen from @Funktious as I thought it was such a great idea: a thread of all the books I read in a year.
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession, read for a #bookgroup that unanimously loved it. Set in modern day Ireland, it's a contemplative and gently humorous story of two men who in their own ways don't fit in to the world. It's lovely, and quite different in tone to the TV adaptation that treats them as a couple of kooky misfits. They are so much more than that. #books #bookstodon 🧵1
TheEdinburghBookshopThe Book Group reading for Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude, from the recent Knives Out film, Wake Up, Dead Man (yes, those are actually real books name-checked in the movie, you can read them!)
#books #Livres #Film #WakeUpDeadMan #KnivesOut #BookGroup #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies
Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky
October 17, 2025, 10:30:00 AM CEST - GMT+2 - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, 69115, Heidelberg, Germanyhttps://rheinneckar.events/events/76dd7305-b6ae-4b83-b468-12fc1ffcc931
Bewilderment - Richard Powers
October 9, 2025, 5:00:00 PM UTC - GMThttps://rheinneckar.events/events/fb22e7a6-8a77-4a81-ae85-c9dc28ae884e
Tove Jansson - The Summer Book
August 14, 2025, 7:00:00 PM CEST - GMT+2 - Neckarwiese, Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germanyhttps://rheinneckar.events/events/874ee601-c4b3-4af6-aae9-c5c0dd1cbc0d
Tim RichardsInteresting. I also feel that members should commit to actually reading the monthly book; I left my last book group because almost no one was doing that.
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Walkouts, feuds and broken friendships: when book clubs go bad https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/09/walkouts-feuds-and-broken-friendships-when-book-clubs-go-bad
AdelaideNew meetup event added:
Books about Books at Cineworld
https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-book-group/events/306457785/
Thu 27th Mar 2025 6:30pm
#bookgroup #glasgow
Books about Books at Cineworld
https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-book-group/events/306457785/
Thu 27th Mar 2025 6:30pm
#bookgroup #glasgow
