Carlisle Reading Group
The Carlisle group usually meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month in Cakes and Ale Cafe The reading group will be discussing Hard Times by...
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The Keswick Reading Group is led by Trina and Anne and meets every third Thursday of the month at 7pm Please email bookendskeswick@aolcom if you...
Read MoreChildren’s Storytime
EVERY SATURDAY! Every Saturday morning at 11 am our storyteller Lee will read a couple of children's books at Bookends From classic tales to the...
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The daytime book group meets every second Monday of the month at 2pm downstairs in Carlisle Cathedral Cafe The next meeting is on Monday 9th March...
Read MoreHelen’s Reads
We are very pleased to introduce Helen Towers to all our website friends We will feature lots of reviews by Helen, mainly contemporary fiction If...
Read MoreThe Saint of Lost Things by Tish Delaney
A Helen’s Reads Review Lindy Morris lives with Auntie Bell on the edge of Donegal, in a bungalow on Granda Morris's land, although...
Read MoreCrossroads by Jonathan Franzen
A Helen’s Reads Review Meet the Hildebrandt family: firstly there is Russ, assistant pastor of the First Reformed church in New...
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A Helen's Reads Review Bournville follows four generations of one family, whose lives are shaped and influenced by the Birmingham suburb where they...
Read MoreBurntcoat by Sarah Hall
A Helen's Reads Review In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final...
Read MoreHer Majesty’s Royal Coven
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Hidden among us is a secret government department of witches known as Her Majesty’s Royal Coven...
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