Our book club has announced it’s next meeting dates – all are welcome if you want to join. At August’s book club session at The Mill, we discussed Sylvia Plath’s The Bel Jar, alongside Ted Hughes’ The Birthday Letters. With The Bell Jar, It was a trip down memory lane for many of our members, […]

This month’s book club, saw another good turnout with members braving the rain to discuss The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. Many of the members came with their own expectations of the book, having either watched the film at the cinema or seen the play at the theatre. We were impressed with the way […]

In last month’s book club, we discussed The Tortilla Curtain by T.C Boyle. The novel covered many themes including immigration, capitalism, racism, alienation and belonging. Some thought that the novel was far too simplistic, providing only exaggerated characters for its own purpose.  However, after much discussion we could pick out certain aspects of these characters […]

In this month’s book club we discussed Magnus Mills’, The Maintenance of Headway, a thought provoking portrayal of the lives of bus drivers. Members noted the way in which Mills seemed to elevate the mundane and loved his use of humour and hyperbole. Some enjoyed the simplicity of Mills’ writing, whilst others noted how parts of the text were self-consciously complex. We agreed that […]