Here are the titles, authors, and meeting dates from December ‘24 to July 2025.
All meetings are held at Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, Shaw, West Swindon, SN5 5PJ
There is a charge of £2 per person per meeting, which includes hot drink if needed. If anything is not clear or there is anything else you need to know, please do not hesitate to get in touch on: matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk or 01793 771080.
7.30pm Tuesday 14th January ’25 – Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell.
What it’s like to run a big independent bookshop, in Scotland. All about books and people!
7.30pm Tuesday 18th February – Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
Expect a boy; get a girl; and she becomes a wizard. Funny?
7.30pm Tuesday 18th March – The Vegetarian by Han Kang.
A psychological drama about taboo, desire, rebellion, and fantasy, by a Nobel Prize winner.
7.30pm Tuesday 15th April – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Burning books, hiding books, valuing books: a whole new world of ideas, from a book!
7.30pm Tuesday 20th May – North Woods by Daniel Mason.
One plot of land; all who pass through it – people, plants, animals; and the many ways of telling their stories.
7.30pm Tuesday 17th June – Restoration by Rose Tremain.
Historical fiction about a particular period, a glittering 17th century court, and the rise and fall of a romantic Robert.
7.30pm Tuesday 22nd July – Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene.
An aunt in her 70s is not as unadventurous a travel companion as some might think. Oh no!