The St Margaret's House Book Club will next meet on Monday 16th December from 6:30 pm when we will be sharing thoughts on Russell Hoban's The Mouse and his Child.
About the book:
What are we, Papa?’ the toy mouse child asked his father.
‘I don’t know,’ the father answered. ‘We must wait and see.’
So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own – the magnificent doll’s house, the plush elephant and the tin seal they had once know in the toy shop.
For our 2025 book selection, we will alternate between two themes - animal protagonists, and genre fiction (a different genre for each of the 6 months of this theme)
For those wishing to get a head start, our January book will be 15 Dogs by André Alexis, our February book will be Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson, for our Romance genre, and our March book will be Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada.
For the December meeting, attendees are invited to participate in a book swap. To join, please bring a book, wrapped, with a three-word description. All attendees who bring a book will select a book brought by another member. We encourage members to bring used books for the swap, with no expectations that a new book is bought especially.
Members are also invited to bring snacks and drinks for the Christmas meeting, if they wish. Please note, there is limited cutlery and crockery.
Venue: The Create Place, 29 Old Ford Road, E2 9PJ (Plan your visit)
Time: 6.30 pm
Date: Monday 16th December
Ticket: Free entry but registration is necessary
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please let us know.
Entry to The Create Place is step-free but the toilet is not accessible. If you will need access to an accessible toilet, please let us know so we can arrange that.