Cross-Genre Reading Group

Welcome to the 'Book Salad'!

Meeting on the last Tuesday of every month, the 'Book Salad' will explore a range of stories across multiple genres.

This book group is a salad - to make a salad you put together things you'd like to eat that are each different in some way. Instead of reading one kind of book over the months, we can mix our genres. We will read mostly imaginative fiction, with at least one non-fiction title, and perhaps a graphic novel, and there will be writers from different ages and backgrounds. 

This group is hosted by David, who says 'I choose books that feel imaginative and expressive and that jump out at me. I like variety and I think of books as transport to somewhere interesting and different.'

August's book is: Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

1910, Edinburgh. Jessie, the devil’s daughter, arrives on the doorstep of an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted wooden door. She has been sent by her father to bear a child for a wealthy couple, but, when things go wrong, she places a curse on the building and all who live there - and it lasts a century.

Caught in the crossfire are the residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close, and they all have their own stories to tell. While the world outside is changing, inside, the curse creeps up all nine floors and through each door. Soon, the building’s longest kept secret - the truth of what happened to Jessie - will finally be heard.

Reading Group Structure

Ticketing: Each place is £5, which can be redeemed against a copy of a reading group book.

Frequency: Each reading group will meet once a month, on a set day of the week. You do not need to commit to one group, or every meeting! Just book for those you're interested in each month, and we hope to entice you back for another one.