Paddington Reading Groups
Welcome to everyone interested in books!
There are two reading groups at Paddington Library:
Paddington Readers Group
We meet:
Each session has a theme, but there is also general discussion. Some sessions have guest speakers. The sessions are free and refreshments are provided. Membership of the library is advisable. New members are always welcome, so please just come along!
Forthcoming themes
- Friday 15 August 2008: Sport and literature
- Friday 19 September 2008: You are what you read: fictional characters with whom we identify
Previous themes discussed:
- Happy and healthy: literature that makes you feel good
- Books that you take on holiday
- Rhythm and rhyme: poetry and poets
- Read all about it! Read all about it! Favourite best sellers
- Irresistible books
- Books made into films
- Travel writing
- Books about the supernatural
- The sparking lives of media personalities
- A celebration of two famous playwrights, Arthur Miller & Harold Pinter
- Political diaries and journals
- Books on the theme of the slave trade and its abolition
- Stories from the Muslim world
- Your favourite titles for the beach
- What makes you laugh?
- American versus English detectives: How do they differ and which do you like?
- 'Tales from a foreign field': Books by overseas correspondents.
- Children's books old and new: Have they changed with the times?
- The novels of E.M. Forster plus a literary Christmas quiz
- 'Desert island books' - a chance to play a popular and light-hearted game.
See a list of other previous themes discussed by the Paddington Readers group.
