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Group contact: John Ninian

This group is now running and meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2pm. If you would like further information please click on Contact Book Club above, the Group Co-ordinator by clicking Groups Co-ordinator or the Braintree Area u3a mobile no: 07938 982183.

'You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend' Paul Sweeney.

Previous authors read are -Charles Dickens, Kate Atkinson, S.J.Watson, Liz Trenow, Maria Duenns, Khaled Hosseini, Ken Follet, Sarah Perry, Rose Thomas, Frederick Forsyth, Ann Cleeves and many more.

We are keen to attract new members and welcome all suggestions for suitable books to share in discussion. Novels tend to be the core of our reading but non-fiction, biography, autobiography, diaries, plays, children's books and poetry can also provide promising material for lively interchanges of views.

Forthcoming meetings:

Tuesday 9th December 2025 and the book will be "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton.

Copies are available from Braintree library.

Previous meetings:

Tuesday 11th November 2025 and the book will be "The Offing" by Benjamin Miles.

Tuesday 14th October 2025 and the book will be "Funny Story" by Emily Henry.

Tuesday 9th September 2025 - "Diddly Squat. A Year on the Farm" by Jeremy Clarkson.

Tuesday 12th August 2025 - "Three Hours" by Rosamund Lupton.

Tuesday 8th July 2025 - the Ishiguro novel "Never Let Me Go.".

Tuesday 10th June 2025 - "3 Hours" by Roslund and Hellstrom.

Tuesday 13th May 2025 - "The Midnight Library"  Matt Haig.

Tuesday 8th April 2025 - “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley.

Tuesday 11th March 2025 - “The Stellar Debut of Galactica McFee” by Alexander McCall Smith.

Tuesday 11th February 2025 - “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens.