Book Events in and around Wallingford
Coming Up…

Book Club at Mollie's Cafe takes place on the third Tuesday of Every Month, 10.30am at Mollie's Café

This month we are reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.

 If you'd like to find out more, or sign up for this session, pop in to the shop or contact us.

All welcome.

Our prompt for this month is "The handprint on the wall".

Bring along a piece of writing linked in some way to the prompt or something that you’re working on that you feel needs a little outside help or feedback.

Classics Book Club will focus on classic and modern classic fiction and non-fiction from around the world.

All books would have less than 350 pages to keep them achievable.

Our books this month are: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark and Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

We'll be talking about both books, but you only need to read one!

Pop in to pick up your copy / book your slot and we'll see you there!  

£5 entry redeemable against the book of the month, or a shop voucher for a future purchase if you already have the book.

This month's book choice is Dusk by Robbie Arnott.

Helen Russell is the author of The Year of Living Danishly, How To Be Sad and How To Raise a Viking. She will be chatting to Gaye about her debut novel (our book club choice for September!), Laura Clark Is Away From Her Desk.

The event will take place in Goring Library, so we recommend calling the library on 01865 815155 to book your seat or through the link below.

A book club where you could choose to read your own book!

Come along, chat about the books you're currently reading for 15 minutes or so (or just listen to the discussion - no participation necessary) then read quietly for 45 - 50 minutes in the company of like-minded bibliophiles.

£5 entry, redeemable against your next read

You bring a blanket / cushion and we'll provide the herbal tea and biscuits!

​Please get in touch if interested.

Join us as we welcome Dr Steven Parissien, Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, to discuss his book, Building Britannia, A History of Britain in 25 Buildings.

In Building Britannia, Steven tells both a national story, tracing how a growing sense of British nationhood was expressed through the country’s architecture, and also examines how these structures were used by later generations to signpost, mythologise or remake British history.

From the iconic (the Roman baths at Aquae Sulis, the early Gothic splendour of Lincoln Cathedral and the Tudor jewel that is Little Moreton Hall) to the quirky (a Regency pub in Manchester city centre and the Edwardian Baroque Electric Cinema in Notting Hill), we’ll be discussing buildings that promise to open doors into some familiar and perhaps less familiar areas of social history. If you love history, architecture or just learning something new in good company with a glass of something nicely chilled, you will enjoy this!

The bookshop is supporting Wallingford's first Independent Authors' Festival on 3rd October. Open to all Oxfordshire authors who are not traditionally published by the big four (Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Hachette) this is an opportunity for indie authors to showcase their books. There will be workshops, talks and a chance to chat to local authors.

If you are a local author who would like to take a stall, run a workshop or present a talk, please email colinwade40@btinternet.com.

Tom Hindle and more - watch this space...