Summer Reads 2010 Book Club: Naomi Alderman

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Would you like to enjoy one or more great reads this June-August and then have the chance to air your views about them?

If so, we’d like to invite you to join in the discussion at our Summer Reads Book Club, running once a fortnight from June-August offering lively, informal chat about six great books.You’ll get to meet fellow readers and will have the chance to share your thoughts with others.

You can find out more about the books and the whole Summer Reads experience: hearing the authors read at events, discussing the books online, downloading exclusive content and taking part in competitions on our Summer Reads page.

This week is the first session and you can discuss The Lessons by Naomi Alderman, running from 6pm at Waterstone’s Castle Street:

In a crumbling Oxford mansion the charismatic Mark Winters gathers around him a group of fellow students. For a while they share his privileged life of parties, learning and love. But as Mark’s behaviour becomes ever more erratic, it becomes clear they all still have a lot to learn...

The discussion, like all six Book Club sessions, will be led by Writers' Centre Norwich's Sam Ruddock - a keen reader. You'll find yourself in a welcoming, inclusive environment with other people just as keen about reading as you are. Sam says: “The Lessons is an uncomfortably familiar tale of expectant youth, and how the lessons in life often come too late.”

If you'd like to chat about the Book Club and find out more, do call Sam Ruddock on 01603 877177 or email him on readers@writerscentrenorwich.org.uk.

Full Summer Reads Book Club Schedule:

The Lessons by Naomi Alderman 
Tuesday June 15th, 6pm       Waterstone’s Castle Street

Summertime by J.M. Coetzee       
Tuesday June 29th, 6pm       Waterstone’s Royal Arcade

The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Tuesday July 13th, 6pm         Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library

Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Tuesday July 27th, 6pm         The Book Hive, Norwich

The Widow’s Tale by Mick Jackson
Tuesday August 10th, 6pm    Cafe Metro, Jarrolds

Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Tuesday August 24th, 6pm    Writers’ Centre Norwich, 14 Princes Street

We look forward to seeing you soon.