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Social Event:
Let’s Talk Books
Meet other readers…get recommendations…share the books you love.
A fun, social evening where you will learn about books others love, recommend your favourites and leave with something new to read. Think of it as a big book club - just one where people haven't necessarily read the same thing and where no one hated the book.
Staff will be on hand for recommendations and book-chat too so it’s also an opportunity to tap us for personal reading and gift ideas. As always, we will be happy to wrap anything you purchase.
PLUS - one lucky attendee will leave with an Everybody Reads tote bag filled with 3 books we recommend for gifting this Christmas.
Advance registration is essential, along with the title and author of at least one book you think is fabulous.
Date: Sunday 23rd November
Time: 6-7.30pm
Place: Everybody Reads
Fee: £15 (includes refreshments and £10 to put towards a book)
Register: in-person, by phone or online with Eventbrite (note: an additional fee is added to the price of tickets purchased through Eventbrite)
Daytime Group: Shared Reading
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At Shared Reading a short story or poem is read aloud in a group. People can just listen, or join in and talk with others about their responses to the piece. The sessions are led by the lovely Asya, trained by the charity The Reader. This is a great way to enjoy something thought-provoking together with others.
Dates: Nov 6 & 20, Dec 4
Time: 11am-12pm
Place: Downstairs at Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE
Register: No pre-booking required, but if you know you are coming let us know as it helps us to anticipate numbers
Book Group: Everybody Reads Fiction
This group meets monthly to discuss a new fiction title in paperback. Just buy the book at Everybody Reads (at 10% off) and register for the discussion at time of purchase. Feel free to bring refreshments on the night; we can provide glasses.
January Title:
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Death at the White Hart
by Chris Chibnall
The body is found abandoned on the A35 in Dorset –tied to a chair, stag antlers on his head. It's Jim Tiernan, landlord of Fleetcombe’s The White Hart pub – and now a murder victim.
Newly arrived DS Nicola Bridge has her work cut out. Fleetcombe is a picture-postcard village. Murder is the last thing on anyone’s mind. Except that here Nicola finds whispers, rumours, resentments and lie after lie. Because the smaller the village, the darker its hidden secrets . .
Date: Tuesday, 6th January
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE, with purchase of featured title
Register: At time of book purchase
Book Group: Everybody Reads Novellas
This group meets monthly to discuss short works of fiction. Just buy the book at Everybody Reads (at 10% off) and register for the discussion at time of purchase. Feel free to bring refreshments on the night; we can provide glasses.
November Title:
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Rosarita
by Anita Desai
A young student relaxes in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India and alone for the first time in her life. It is bliss. And then a woman approaches her. The stranger claims to recognise Bonita; she knew Bonita's mother who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young artist. Suddenly Bonita's past is threatening to flood the present, or re-write it.
94 pages
Date: Tuesday, 11th November
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE, with purchase of featured title
Register: At time of book purchase
Book Group: Ideas for Life
This group meets monthly to discuss a non-fiction title. Just buy the book at Everybody Reads (at 10% off) and register for the discussion at time of purchase. Feel free to bring refreshments on the night; we can provide glasses.
November Title:
Exhausted
by Anna Katharina Schaffner
Schaffner dives headlong into the modern scourge of chronic weariness. With an A to Z of antidotes against exhaustion, she offers insights to help us fight back, protect our energy, and live better lives.
Date: Tuesday, 18th November
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE, with purchase of featured title
Register: At time of book purchase
Book Group: Everybody Reads History
This group meets every other month to discuss a history title. Just buy the book at Everybody Reads (at 10% off) and register for the discussion at time of purchase. Feel free to bring refreshments on the night; we can provide glasses.
November Title:
The Wide Wide Sea
by Hampton Sides
Captain James Cook had already mapped huge swathes of the Pacific and initiated first European contact with numerous native peoples. The stated mission for his third voyage was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London high society, to his home islands. But Cook carried secret orders to venture north, to discover the fabled Northwest Passage and chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals. This is the epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, culminating in Captain James Cook's death.
Date: Monday, 17th November
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE, with purchase of featured title
Register: At time of book purchase
Children's Group: StoryTime!
For children over 2 (and their grown-ups)
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Join us as we read 3 picture books we love. 10% off any of the books we read on the day.
Date: Saturdays, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th November
Time: 10.30-11.00am
Place: Downstairs at Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE
Register: no pre-booking required, just turn up!
Children's Group: BabyTime!
For children under 2 (and their grown-ups)
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It's never too early to read to your baby! This group is an opportunity for our youngest readers (and their parents!) to meet, socialise and enjoy age-appropriate board books together. 10% off recommended board books from our BabyTime! basket on the day.
Date: Wednesdays, 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th November
Time: 10.30-11.00am
Place: Downstairs at Everybody Reads
Fee: FREE
Register: no pre-booking required, just turn up!
Keep Sharing your Book Recommendations
and Win Free Books!
We’ve been enjoying speaking with the ‘Wild Readers of Chiswersmith' (pictured along the top of this page) and sharing their thoughts on what they are reading with you.
Congratulations to Gabe, one of our September Wild Readers and the winner of our September Free Book Draw. He won £20 in free books!
In addition to our Wild Reader recommendations, we have had a number of book recommendations submitted to us through our website. Many of these are now on our shelves, displayed with an accompanying customer review.
Thanks so much to everyone who has shared a recommendation with us so far and do, please, continue to do so - you might just be our next free book winner! Submit your book recommendations and reviews here.