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A Simpler Life Book Social
Join The School of Life at Everybody Reads for a unique and fascinating evening of conversation about A Simpler Life.
One of the pleasures of a good book is the conversations it can lead to: the
opportunity to share and reflect on one’s thoughts and perspective with a fellow reader. A Simpler Life is one of The School of Life’s most popular books and this will be an evening of guided conversation about its key themes and ideas.
After an introduction from members of The School of Life faculty, attendees will be broken up into smaller groups to discuss the topic of simplifying your life. By answering a series of questions, you’ll be invited to open up about the enduring appeal of a simple existence and how you might achieve greater simplicity in different areas: less complicated friendships and relationships, a less stressful career and a clearer idea of your true thoughts and feelings. You don’t need to have read the book to participate all that’s required is a little courage and curiosity.
Both engaging and illuminating, it’s a chance to meet a wide variety of people and gain a unique insight into what makes them tick. You’ll enjoy the polar opposite of small talk: deeply meaningful conversations about some of life’s most important ideas.
Tickets are £5 in-store or £6.13 online through Eventbrite. All books sold on the night will be at 10% discount. Refreshments are free.
Date: Thursday, 12th June
Time: 6.30-8pm, doors open @ 6.15
Place: Everybody Reads
Tickets: Purchase in advance only.
£5 in-store or £6.13 online through Eventbrite
Charity Book Drive for Doorstep Library
Throughout April you will see 15 children’s titles displayed prominently by our till. These are the books charity Doorstep Library most needs and we hope you will consider gifting one to them.
Doorstep Library brings books and reading to children in communities across London. Volunteers visit children at home for weekly reading sessions, widening their access to books and helping spark a love of reading.
You can help us get fun, fresh books into the hands of children who need them.
Please donate a book from Doorstep Library’s wishlist while shopping in April at Everybody Reads. All books donated are 25% off.
Daytime Group: Shared Reading
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.
Date: Thursday 24th April
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.
May Title:
The Husbands
by Holly Gramazio
You wait ages for The One . . .then 203 come along at once. One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right. And then another one appears.
Date: Wednesday, 7th May
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.
May Title:
Perfection
by Vincenzo Latronico
Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, affordable, plant-filled apartment. Their life as young digital creatives revolves around slow cooking, Danish furniture, sexual experimentation and the city’s twenty-four-hour party scene – an ideal existence shared by an entire generation and tantalizingly lived out on social media. But beyond the images, dissatisfaction and ennui burgeon.
Feeling increasingly trapped in their picture-perfect life, the couple takes ever more radical steps in the pursuit of an authenticity and a sense of purpose perennially beyond their grasp.
120 pages
Date: Tuesday, 13th May
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.
May Title:
The Price of Life
by Jenny Kleeman
Kleeman investigates the costs of everything from hiring a hitman to undergoing IVF. Digging into the price tags placed on making, taking or losing a life, she examines what we value and why.
Date: Tuesday, 20th May
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, 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th April
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, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th April
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 Sylvie, one of our February Wild Readers and the winner of our February Free Book Draw. She won £30 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 winner of £30 in free books! Submit your book recommendations and reviews here.