The Bookworm Group is the place to come if you like reading and a chance to reflect with others as well as having fun. Please who are interested in joining our Bookworm Group please e-mail; Barbara at [email protected]
The Bookworm Group was formed in 1988 by Ray Adams, our minister at the time, with church members who love to read. The rationale was that people who belong to a church need to have a better idea of what and how people outside the church think, especially if they want to interact constructively with the modern world.
Since its foundation the Book Group has convened approximately every six weeks to discuss a book. Through the years its members have been introduced to new authors, books, as well as new countries and cultures outside western culture. Occasionally the Book Group has returned to a literature classic, only to discover how contemporary its themes and concerns are.
The size of the Book Group has stayed stable at approximately nine people through the years. Once every year they meet to suggest books for the following twelve months, so that every person usually contributes one book for the reading list.
The reading list for 2019 is:
| Date | Book | Author |
| Wednesday 6th February 2019 | ‘Dear |
A.J. Pearce |
| Wednesday 20th March 2019 | ‘To the Hermitage’ | Malcolm Bradbury |
| Wednesday 1st May 2019 | ‘Tamed – Ten Species that changed our World’ | Alice Roberts |
| Wednesday 19th June 2019 | ‘The Music of Spheres’ | Elizabeth Redfern |
| Wednesday 31st July 2019 | ‘Entry Island’ | Peter May |
| Wednesday 18th September 2019 | ‘Where my Heart used to Beat’ | Sebastian Faulks |
| Wednesday 30th October 2019 | ‘Purple Hibiscus’ | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| Wednesday 4th December 2019 | Christmas Lunch at the Mekan Restaurant opposite the Church on the Brighton Road, followed by coffee at a member’s home to decide on next year’s book choice. | |
Please note that dates are subject to change with revisions (if any) shown above.
