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Readingcircle 2013
The first Reading Group was set up in the village in 1999. It ceased to meet as numbers dropped off when members moved away or decided to take up other activities, and a second reading group began in 2005 and is now fully subscribed.
A book is chosen each month, up to two months in advance. We meet once a month in each others’ houses to discuss the relevant book. We usually have wine and refreshments at these gatherings. Every year we aim to attend a Literary Festival and we have added cinema visits to our programme.
If anybody is interested in finding out if there is a vacancy, or would like to know more about the Reading Group or would like to set up their own, please contact Jean Simmonds on [phone number removed] or e-mail.
Reading Group Dates for 2013
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2013 7 January |
Poems at Gill’s |
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4 February |
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) at Lynn’s |
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4 March |
The Complete Mapp & Lucia (E.F.Benson) at Alex’s |
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8 April |
In Pale Battalions (Robert Goddard) at Ann’s |
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6 May |
An Act of Peace (Ann Widdecombe) at Audrey’s |
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3 June |
The White Woman On The Green Bicycle (Monique Roffey) at Carol’s |
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1 July |
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared (Jonas Jonosson) at Gillian’s |
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5 August |
Pure (Andrew Miller) at Jean’s |
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2 September |
The Cleaner of Chartres (Salley Vickers) at Jenny’s |
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7 October |
When God was a Rabbit (Sarah Winman) at Judy’s |
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4 November |
The Last Runaway (Tracy Chevalier) at Lynn’s |
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2 December |
The Distant Hours (Kate Moreton) at Ann’s |
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2013 6 January |
Film at Carol’s |
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