Children’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 group usually meets every second Monday of the month at 2pm in Tullie House café If you wish to join this book group, please email...
Read MoreCarlisle Reading Group
The Carlisle group usually meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month in Cakes and Ale Cafe The next group will be at 7pm on Wednesday...
Read MoreKeswick Reading Group
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 MorePoetry Group
From September we'll be hosting a series of events and poetry readings in Cakes and Ale café every other month Please watch this space for...
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 MoreWeyward
Review by Helen's Reads Weyward is a riveting and absorbing debut novel which tells the story of 3 generations of women living at different times,...
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...
Read MoreBournville by Jonathan Coe
A Helen's Reads Review Bournville follows four generations of one family, whose lives are shaped and influenced by the Birmingham suburb where they...
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