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SUMMARY:The Book Club Thursday\, 1st May *Afternoon*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday\, 1st May\, 2-3pm. This month\, we are reading The Gentleman from Peru by Andre Aciman – £8.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nYuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Far from home and in an unfamiliar city\, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. \nHaruka attempts to navigate Tokyo’s nightlife and all of its many vices\, working as a hostess in the city’s sex district. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her\, until finally one of those secrets comes to light… \nShifting between three intertwining narratives\, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire\, isolation\, belonging and ultimately\, hope.
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms May
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nFor May\, we will be reading Wolf Siren by Beth O’Brien. You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy as part of your ticket\, or you can purchase a ticket only. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworms to get stuck into\, fun quizzes and games\, and squash and biscuits for all. Our Little Bookworms will also get their own book lovers passport to add to each month they attend as they jet set around the world through reading. \nAll sessions will be ticketed: £7.99 for the book and ticket\, and £2 for just the ticket. All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store. \nAbout the book: \nA vibrant\, evocative and magical debut which centres a positive\, empowered disabled character at the heart of a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood. \nThe woods are hiding a secret… but then so is Red… \nRed is not allowed to go into the woods. Everyone knows that they are dangerous – because of their strange magic and the wolves that lurk there… But Red finds herself increasingly drawn to the woods and the place where her grandmother disappeared without a trace three years ago. When the woodcutter fails to return home one night and wolves are spotted close to the village boundary\, fear drives a deep and dangerous divide between the villagers and the nature they live alongside. \nOnly Red seems to hold the key – but she has a secret\, and exposing it could ruin her family forever …
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-may
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly\, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In February\, we will be discussing The Last Sane Woman by Hannah Regel. \nTickets\nBook and ticket: £10.99\nTicket only: £3 \nAs always\, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597 365380. \nAbout the book: \nNicola Long is a few years out of a fine arts degree\, listless and unenthusiastically employed in London. She begins to spend her hours at a small underfunded archive dedicated to women’s art. There she discovers one side of a correspondence beginning in 1976 and spanning a dozen years\, written from one woman – a ceramics graduate\, uncannily like Nicola – to a friend living a contrasting and conventionally moored life. As Nicola reads on\, an acute sense of affinity turns into obsession. \nShe abandons one job after another to make time for the archive. The litany of coincidences in the letters becomes uncanny\, and Nicola’s feeling of ownership begets a growing dread: should she be afraid of where these letters are leading?
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/feminist-book-club-with-facilitator-kate-feld
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club: Monday 26th May *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 26th May 7-8pm via Zoom. This month\, we are reading To The Dogs by  Louise Walsh\, a darkly comic\, gritty novel– £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the Book: \nJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds\, he is a big man at the university\, tipped for the head job and an office at the top of the ivory tower. He has a beautiful\, accomplished wife and two healthy children. Jim drives an Audi\, and his dog is a pedigree bichon frisé. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen. \nBut for every person who’s watched his progress and wanted to hitch a lift\, there’s someone else desperate to drag him back down. When his son Elliot is arrested on drugs charges\, Jim is approached by men he thought he had left safely in his past. Their demands threaten his family\, students and reputation. \nAs the pressure mounts\, Jim discovers he is more like his father than he thought. The question is\, how far will Professor Jim Brennan go to save the life he built?
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SUMMARY:The Book Club Wednesday 28th May *EVENING*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 28th May 6-7 in person. This month\, we are reading To The Dogs by  Louise Walsh\, a darkly comic\, gritty novel– £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the Book: \nJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds\, he is a big man at the university\, tipped for the head job and an office at the top of the ivory tower. He has a beautiful\, accomplished wife and two healthy children. Jim drives an Audi\, and his dog is a pedigree bichon frisé. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen. \nBut for every person who’s watched his progress and wanted to hitch a lift\, there’s someone else desperate to drag him back down. When his son Elliot is arrested on drugs charges\, Jim is approached by men he thought he had left safely in his past. Their demands threaten his family\, students and reputation. \nAs the pressure mounts\, Jim discovers he is more like his father than he thought. The question is\, how far will Professor Jim Brennan go to save the life he built?
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-wednesday-28th-may-evening
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club: 29th May *AFTERNOON*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 26th May 7-8pm via Zoom. This month\, we are reading To The Dogs by  Louise Walsh\, a darkly comic\, gritty novel– £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the Book: \nJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds\, he is a big man at the university\, tipped for the head job and an office at the top of the ivory tower. He has a beautiful\, accomplished wife and two healthy children. Jim drives an Audi\, and his dog is a pedigree bichon frisé. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen. \nBut for every person who’s watched his progress and wanted to hitch a lift\, there’s someone else desperate to drag him back down. When his son Elliot is arrested on drugs charges\, Jim is approached by men he thought he had left safely in his past. Their demands threaten his family\, students and reputation. \nAs the pressure mounts\, Jim discovers he is more like his father than he thought. The question is\, how far will Professor Jim Brennan go to save the life he built?
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-29th-may-afternoon
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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