Author: Christine Harrington

The new season opened with members meeting online last night, to talk about the books they had enjoyed reading this summer. Here is a list of the books that were discussed with a brief outline of the book itself. Operation Mincemeat — Ben MacintyreThe extraordinary true story of the Second World War deception operation that…

The Booker Prize 2026 Long List has been published and it is always interesting to see what books the judges have chosen and, if we have read them, whether we agree with their choices. It’s certainly a good place to browse through to see if we want to add any to our reading pile. Everything…

From time to time a new list of the best novels of all time is published. This time it’s The Guardian’s view and I was interested to see it feature The Go-Between by L P Hartley, a book which featured in one of our talks this year. The comparison between that and Room with a…

Following on from our very popular talk on ‘The Art of Popular Science’ in October 2025, you might be interested to read that three authors won $10,000 prizes for blending Science & Literature. Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes. On Wednesday, the National…

It is good to see the National Literacy Trust is promoting 2026 as the National Year of Reading. This is a major, UK-wide campaign designed to reverse the sharp decline in reading for pleasure and to rebuild a national culture of reading — for children, young people, and adults. The National Year of Reading 2026…