There are currently two active Book Groups. They both meet in the Town Hall, either in the Committee Room or the Council Chamber and both start at 10.30am.

The 1st Group meets on the second Monday of each month and the 2nd Group meets on the third Monday of the month. We read and discuss mainly 20th Century fiction chosen by the Group Leader in consultation with the members and books we have recently read include, The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, The Beggar and the Hare by Thomas Kyro, Painting Time by Maylie de Kerangal and the Island of Missing Trees by Eli Shafak.

If you wish to join any of these groups you need first to contact Kaye McArthur, the group Co-ordinator via the email link at the top of this page. All groups are currently full, but you can join a waiting list.

Titles of books for discussion in 2026 and dates of meetings are as follows:

Monday 12th January (Grp1) and 19th January (Grp2) - The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip William

Monday 9th February (Grp1) and 16th February (Grp2) - The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps by Michel Faber

Monday 9th March (Grp1) and 16th March (Grp2) - Fresh Water For Flowers by Valérie Perrin

Monday 13th April (Grp1) and 20th April (Grp2) -Water for Chocolate by Nora Esquivel

Monday 11th May (Grp1) and 18th May (Grp2) - The Red and Green by Iris Murdoch

Monday 8th June (Grp1) and 15th June (Grp2) - The Age of Reinvention by Karine Tuil

Monday 13th July (Grp1) and 20th July (Grp2) - The Untouchable by John Banville

Monday 10th August (Grp1) and 17th August (Grp2) -Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Monday 14th September (Grp1) and 21st September (Grp2)-The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

Monday 12th October (Grp1) and 19th October (Grp2)-The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

Monday 9th November (Grp1) and 16th November (Grp2)- The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene

Monday 7th December (Grp1) and 14th December (Grp2)-Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell.

Contact: For further information please click here to contact Kaye McArthur