Book Club

The Nailsworth book club meets at the Village Inn at 8pm on the first Monday of every month.

Anyone is welcome to come along and join the discussion, you just need to have read the current book of the month, details of which are below.

All book-club books can be purchased at The Yellow Lighted Bookshop, 17 Fountain Street, Nailsworth, either in person or by calling 01453 832555.

Book Club Books

'The Lacuna' by Barbara KingsolverMonday October 4th 2010
‘The Lacuna’
by Barbara Kingsolver


'Sea of Poppies' by Amitash GhoshMonday September 6th 2010
‘Sea of Poppies’
by Amitash Ghosh



Monday August 2nd

Contributory evening: Bring along your current reading and discuss it with the book club.

'Brooklyn' by Colm ToibinMonday 5th July 2010
‘Broolkyn’
by Colm Tóibin


Catcher in the Rye by J. D. SalingerMonday 7th June 2010
‘Catcher in the Rye’
by J. D. Salinger


Marina WarnerMonday 3rd May 2010
‘Indigo’
by Marina Warner


April 2010
Instead of reading a book this April, the Book Club will be going on a theatre trip to the Tobacco Theatre in Bristol to see The Tempest, on March 29th.

'The Crimson Rooms' Katherine McMahonMonday 1st March 2010
‘The Crimson Rooms’
by Katherine McMahon


'The Other Hand' Chris CleaveMonday 1st February 2010
‘The Other Hand’
by Chris Cleave


'Washington Square' Henry JamesMonday 4th January 2010
‘Washington Square’
by Henry James


'Dance, dance, dance' Haruki MurakamiMonday 7th December 2009
‘Dance, dance, dance’
by Haruki Murakami


'Deaf Sentence' by David LodgeMonday 2nd November 2009
‘Deaf Sentence’
by David Lodge


'The Siege' by Helen Dunmore Monday 5th October 2009
‘The Siege’
by Helen Dunmore


'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin HamidMonday 7th September 2009
‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
by Mohsin Hamid



'The Sea The Sea' by Iris MurdochMonday 3rd August 2009
‘The Sea, the Sea’
By Iris Murdoch

Rebecca - Daphne Du MaurierMonday 6th July
‘Rebecca’
By Daphne Du Maurier


Monday 1st June
This month is a contributions evening, where members are invited to bring a book and share a paragraph, telling us why you’ve chosen it.


Midnight's Children - Salman RushdieMonday 4th May 2009
‘Midnight’s Children’
By Salman Rushdie


His Illegal Self - Peter CoreyMonday 6th April 2009
‘His Illegal Self’
By Peter Corey


Minaret - Leila AboulelaMonday 2nd March 2009
‘Minaret’

By Leila Aboulela


The Audacity of Hope - Barack ObamaMonday 2nd February 2009
‘The Audacity of Hope’
By Barack Obama


All The Pretty Horses - Cormack McCarthyMonday 5th January 2009
‘All The Pretty Horses’
By Cormack McCarthy


Notes from an Exhibition - Patrick GaleMonday 1st December 2008
Notes from an Exhibition’
By Patrick Gale


American Pastoral by Philip RothMonday 3rd November 2008
‘American Pastoral’
By Philip Roth