We agree the date and time of the next meeting before we leave and we use accessible public venues in the Downend area. The group is designed to be inclusive to people who do not read regularly and are at a loss as to what they should choose when they do decide to pick up… Read more

We are a new group and are exploring the best way to run the group, taking ideas from the group members.   We will be joined by the residents of Monica Wills House and will aim to design group activities that they can benefit from.  At our first meeting in this venue we will have some… Read more

We have a thriving book group at St Monica’s Cote Lane with space for a few more members. We vary the format – some months we all read and discuss a book chosen by one of us and sometimes different books from a particular genre, a recent example being biographies from the first half of… Read more

Our first session introduced the world of Greek Tragedy in the 5th century BCE. We will also explore the (probably) most famous Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Tyrannos/Oedipus Rex/Oedipus the King. Over the course of the year, we will read plays by each of the three great Athenian tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. In addition to Sophocles’ Oedipus, we hope to… Read more

Each month we will agree a book to read and then discuss at the next meeting. We will choose books which are available in paperback so be prepared to spend around £5 a month to purchase a book unless it can be borrowed from a library. Read more

We meet in the Somerville Lounge. Suggested parking is behind the cricket pavilion. We will explore Shakespeare’s writings through group reading, discussion, viewings of professional productions, historical relevance, some in house performance - even, maybe, improvisation. You will need a full copy of Shakespeare or maybe one off copies of the play under discussion. The… Read more

Each month we will agree a book to read and then discuss at the next meeting. We will choose books which are available in paperback so be prepared to spend around £5 a month to purchase a book unless it can be borrowed from a library. Read more

We meet at each other’s homes in South Bristol (mainly Harbourside, Bedminster…) Group members take it in turns to select a book - nothing too highbrow! - for the group to read before we then meet up to discuss it. Read more

The group meets in the Merrywood Room. This small group is different from other book groups in that members come along to each meeting with a book they have enjoyed and talk about it for 10 minutes or so. The advantage of this is that nobody needs to read a book they don't like and… Read more

Each month we will agree a book to read and then discuss at the next meeting. We will choose books which are available in paperback so be prepared to spend around £5 a month to purchase a book unless it can be borrowed from a library. Read more