Helmdon Reading Circle (founded 1999)

Reading Circle

The Helmdon Reading Circle was established in July 1999 to enable us to share the joy of reading. Ten of us meet on the first Monday of every month, with the meeting being held in the home of the person who has selected the book for that month. The meetings are usually about two and a half hours long. As a group we agreed that we did not want to read any science fiction or horror stories and that all books were subject to a limit of 500 pages. So far, we have read, amongst others, Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, Sold by Zana Muhsen, and Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt. The Helmdon Reading Circle has proved to be extremely successful and enjoyable and I hope it will continue to flourish.