Saturday 26 February 2011

BOOK CLUB NEWS

March’s Book club meeting!

March’s meeting is early this month as author of the Postmistress Sarah Blake has agreed to join us and share some of the inspiration behind her wonderful book.

Please RSVP now and keep your RSVP current as space will be limited, and we want everyone to be able to benefit from this amazing opportunity.

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Literature Events: 

The London Book Fair 
The London Book Fair is coming to town! Okay, this might not be as exciting for you as it is for me… and it does cost £25.00 to get in but I can’t wait! Let me know if you’re interested in going and we can go together! April 11-13th Earl’s Court , London.
LONDON BOOK FAIR INFO

World BOOK Night
World book night is on Friday night. What organisers believe will be the biggest single literary event in history is to raise the curtain on next month's World Book Night, itself billed as "the biggest book  give-away ever". On 4 March London's Trafalgar Square will be given over to a "glittering celebration of the written word", with 10,000 people expected to attend. Graham Norton will be hosting the event, with readings from Margaret Atwood and Philip Pullman (among others). Read more HERE  Tickets to the event are free, but limited. I will let you know when they are on general sale.!

Exclusive Event with celebrated Author Alexander McCall Smith
Date: 03 March 2011
Time: 1PM – 3:30 PM
Place: The Royal Geological Society, Piccadilly, London
Price: £15 ( proceeds will go to support The Pelican Post)
Booking: To Reserve a place please email events@pelican-post.org
MORE INFORMATION

Monday 21 February 2011

The books that have defined the London Girly Book Club (to date)

Title
Author
Change of Heart
Jodi Picoult
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortensen
Purple Hibiscus
Ghimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Glass Castle
Jeanette Walls
Marley & Me
John Grogan
Open House
Elizabeth Berg
The Gift
Cecelia Ahearn
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
Double Blind
Chris Bohjalian
Sarabande
Marcus Fedder
Twilight
Stephanie Myers
Passion
Louise Bagshawe
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
Call in the Midwife
Jennifer Worth
Half Broke Horses
Jeanette Walls
Still Alice
Lisa Genova
We Need to talk about Kevin
Lionel Shaffer
The Various Flavours of Coffee
Anthony Capella
Stones into Schools
Greg Mortensen
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The Other Hand
Chris Cleaves
Single in the City
Michele Gorman
The Legacy
Katherine Webb
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
One Day
David Nicholls
The Postmistress
Sarah Blake