The Lantern MillRead out
A mill makes its noise so the town forgets to listen.
MIMaud, the hostRead out first, Beatrix. The ledger line started the best twenty minutes of the night.
Hartcombe book club · since 2009
Twenty readers, one lamp, a new book every month.
We meet on the second Wednesday at 19:30 in the back room of Pellow & Daughters Bookshop. Members reply, vote on the next book and send notes for the room from the club's app.
Next meeting
The Salt Clock
Ines Harrowgate · , 19:30
Hosted by MaudThe next meeting is posted here.
The club's app
The club, in your pocket
Members sign in with their email and a one-time code. No password, nothing to install. This is what they see.
Orchard of GlassSela Brightwater. Three sisters inherit a cider orchard and a debt nobody mentioned.
Nightjar RoadHester Quayle. Two sisters, one box of letters and a bird-watching society with secrets.
A Map of Borrowed RoomsJonah Achterberg. A house-sitter maps every home she minds, until one maps her back.
The Weather in ArdmoorCiaran Mallory. A village told through a year of a weather station's diaries.
No vote open right now: the next shortlist is posted here.
How the club works
Four things, every month
Say if you're coming
Yes, maybe or no for each meeting, and what you're bringing. Log your page each week and see the pace to finish in time.
Vote on the next book
A shortlist of four, one vote each with a line on why. The winner is posted in the app.
Send notes for the room
A rating, your thoughts and a favourite line. Follow each note to Read out, with Maud's reply.
Check in at the door
Show your code as you come in. After ten meetings, choose a paperback worth up to £12 from the shop.
This season
On the club's shelf
Four meetings, four books, on the second Wednesday of each month.
Glasshouse WinterMarit HoltbyGlasshouse WinterMarit HoltbyRead
The Lantern MillAsa PenhallowThe Lantern MillAsa PenhallowRead- The Salt ClockInes HarrowgateThe Salt ClockInes HarrowgateNext
The Ferryman's AlmanacTobias WrenThe Ferryman's AlmanacTobias WrenLater- This season's books are posted here.
Visit
Where we meet
Pellow & Daughters Bookshop, back room27 Vellum Row, Hartcombe QU3 9GJ
Second Wednesday of the monthDoors 19:00, talk 19:30 to 21:00
The shop01632 960 848
Step in through the shop
The back room is up two steps, past the poetry shelves. The shop puts the kettle on; members bring biscuits in turn.
Write to hello@lamplightreaders.example.com.
Pull up a chair.
We keep the club at twenty so everyone gets a word in. Email Maud with your name and a book you loved this year: she replies within a week, and sends an invitation to the app when a chair is free. Members are adults, aged 18 or older.