September meeting

We had a last minute change of venue for this week’s meeting – thanks to the Beaumont Hotel for looking after us and for giving us shortbread with our coffee! Our next meeting is rather soon so you’ll need to get reading;on Tues 5th of October we’ll discuss ‘Small Wars’ by Sadie Jones this is a follow up to her best-selling book ‘The Outcast’ and is a gripping and thoughtful book set during the battles for Enosis in Cyprus in the 1950s. On Sunday 24th October Sadie will be appearing with her sister and fellow author Melissa at a special event for the region’s book groups as part of the Durham Book Festival. Melissa’s most recent book; ‘The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson’, takes the real-life story of Henry James’s cousin Minny Temple and considers what might have been if such a young and creatively driven woman had had the financial means to match her artistic ambition. There’s  time to read either or both books and come along to join in the discussion and meet the authors.