Forest Book Group

Our book choice this month is "Wylding Hall" by Elizabeth Hand and meeting on Wednesday 16th October at 7.30pm in The Peking Chef to discuss it. Everyone welcome

Wylding Hall Wylding Hall eBook : Hand, Elizabeth: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

This month we're reading “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides.
We'll meet again at the Peking Chef at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18th September to discuss it. Everyone welcome

Our book choice this month is "Play it as it Lays" by Joan Didion. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday 21st August at 7.30pm in The Peking Chef on Hoe St

VENUE UPDATE: This Wednesday 17 July we’ll be meeting at 7.30pm in the garden of The Nags Head on Orford Rd. We’ll be discussing the novel by local author Iqbal Hussain, "Northern Boy". All welcome.

Northern Boy: A big Bollywood dream. A small-town chance. eBook : Hussain, Iqbal: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store Northern Boy: A big Bollywood dream. A small-town chance. eBook : Hussain, Iqbal: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Our book choice this month is "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. Hopefully our next meeting will be a sunny warm day and we can enjoy an al fresco meeting. If the weather is fair we'll meet in Lloyd Park just behind the William Morris Gallery at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19th June. Bring your own refreshments. There's a reasonably good chippy just across the road from the gallery too. If the weather doesn't look like it will be in our favour we will abandon the park probably back to Peking Chef. I will confirm our planned location the day before based on the weather forecast. So check this page.

The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction eBook : Kingsolver, Barbara: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Our book choice this month is "She and Her Cat" by Makoto Shinkai and Naruki Nagakawa, and we'll meet on Wednesday 15 May at 7.30pm in The Peking Chef to discuss it. Everyone welcome

She and her Cat: for fans of Travelling Cat Chronicles and Convenience Store Woman She and her Cat: for fans of Travelling Cat Chronicles and Convenience Store Woman

Our current book choice is "Mrs England" by Stacey Hall. We'll be meeting on Wednesday 17th April at 7.30pm in The Peking Chef to discuss it. All welcome.

Mrs England: The award-winning Sunday Times bestseller from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award Don't miss Stacey Halls' captivating new novel THE HOUSEHOLD - available to pre-order now! *WINNER of the WOMEN'S PRIZE FUTURES AWARD* A Waterstones Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize Longlisted for the Portico Prize 'Highly atmospheric and tense' Richard Osman From the b...

Our next book choice is “The Pearl that Broke its Shell” by Nadia Hashimi and we’ll be meeting at 7.30pm in The Peking Chef on Wednesday 20th March to discuss it. Everyone welcome

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell: A Novel The Pearl That Broke Its Shell: A Novel

Our book choice this month is "The Wolf Den" by Elodi Harper - Wednesday 21st February, 7.30pm - Peking Chef. Everyone Welcome

The Wolf Den (The Wolf Den Trilogy Book 1) The Wolf Den (The Wolf Den Trilogy Book 1) eBook : Harper, Elodie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Our book choice for next month is Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson and we'll meet on Wednesday January 17th in the Peking Chef at 7.30pm as usual to discuss it. Everyone welcome!

POP. 1280 POP. 1280

This month we're reading "Where Did I Go Right?: How the Left Lost Me" by Geoff Norcott. Join us on Wednesday 20th December, 7.30pm at the Peking Chef to discuss it. All welcome

Where Did I Go Right?: Memoirs of a Working Class Voter Where Did I Go Right?: Memoirs of a Working Class Voter

This month we're reading "A Spy Among Friends" by Ben MacIntyre. Join us at the Peking Chef on Hoe Street on Wednesday 15 November, 7.30pm to discuss it. Everyone welcome.

A Spy Among Friends: Now a major ITV series starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce A Spy Among Friends: Now a major ITV series starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce

Our next book choice is "Goodbye to All That" by Robert Graves. Our last meeting of the summer so we'll be meeting in the garden at The Nags Head on Wednesday 20th September at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics) Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics)

We’re reading The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer this month. Join us at the Peking Chef on Wednesday 16 August, 7.30pm to discuss it

The Satsuma Complex The Satsuma Complex

We’ve got 2 FREE places on this morning’s decorated wings workshop at 10am. Email [email protected] to grab a place.

Our book choice this month is "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson and we'll be meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19th July to discuss it. Silvana is stepping in to host. She has booked a covered outside table in her name at The Village pub on Orford Rd.

Shrines of Gaiety: From the global No.1 bestselling author of Life After Life Shrines of Gaiety: From the global No.1 bestselling author of Life After Life eBook : Atkinson, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

We'll be reading "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles this month and meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st June to discuss it. This month we'll be meeting in the outside space at La Cafeteria on Forest Rd. See you there.

Rules of Civility: The stunning debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow Rules of Civility: The stunning debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow eBook : Towles, Amor: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

UPDATE: Tonight we’re meeting at Deja Brew., 8 Forest Rd. Our book choice is 'Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes' by Robert Louis Stevenson. We'll meet on Wednesday 17th May at 7.30pm to discuss it. We’ll meet in the garden at the back of Deja Brew by Blackhorse Rd Station. Book link:

Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes (Annotated): 2020 New Edition Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes (Annotated): 2020 New Edition

UPDATE: WE’LL BE MEETING AS USUAL IN THE PEKING CHEF TONIGHT Just a reminder that we are due to meet this Wednesday 19th April at 7.30pm to discuss "The Lost Girls of Paris" by Pam Jenoff.

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Our book choice this month is The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff. Join us in The Peking Chef on Wednesday 19th April at 7.30pm to discuss it. All welcome.

The Lost Girls Of Paris: An emotional story of friendship in WW2 inspired by true events for fans of The Tattoist of Auschwitz The Lost Girls Of Paris: An emotional story of friendship in WW2 inspired by true events for fans of The Tattoist of Auschwitz

Our book choice for next month is "The Wayward Bus" by John Steinbeck and we'll meet as usual in The Peking Chef at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th March to discuss it.

The Wayward Bus (Penguin Modern Classics) The Wayward Bus (Penguin Modern Classics) eBook : Steinbeck, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Our book choice for next month is "Heaven" by Mieko Kawakami and we'll meet as usual in The Peking Chef at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 February to discuss it

Heaven: Mieko Kawakami Heaven: Mieko Kawakami

Our next book choice is "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy" by Marie-Claire Amuah and we'll meet as usual in the Peking Chef at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18th January to discuss it.

Everyone welcome

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

Our next book choice is "Giving Up The Ghost: A Memoir" by Hilary Mantel and we'll meet as usual in the Peking Chef at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st December to discuss it. AS it will be close to Christmas we might even be tempted to stroll along to the Rose & Crown after our meal for a small festive celebration over a few drinks! Everyone welcome.

GIVING UP THE GHOST: A memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST: A memoir

A big thank you to Steph for holding the fort last month. I am now back from my travels and looking forward to this month's Book Club meeting. We'll be at the Peking Chef as usual this Wednesday 16 November at 7.30 to discuss Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.

Everyone welcome