Book Marks Bookclub

In spring/summer 2026 we’ll have two book clubs:

On Saturday 23 May 2026, 2-3.30pm, Rebecca Sangs will guide a discussion of The Vegetarian, by Han Kang.  15 places available, please book your place by 21 May on Eventbrite here.

On Wednesday 17 June 2026, 6.30-8pm, Yamuna Ravindran will guide a discussion of Transcendence for Beginners, by Clare Carlisle. 15 places available, please book your place by 15 June on Eventbrite here.

We’ll be taking it in turns to read selected passages out loud together (for those who wish to) from which we’ll start off the conversation.  You are welcome to join in with the discussion or just listen, we are not able to provide copies of the books, so please do source your own copy from a public library or bookshop in advance of each event.

We have previously read:

Our first three book clubs explored experiences of the city from different perspectives, with books selected by artist Emily Speed, who participated in our recent exhibition UNBUILD: a site of possibility:

Wednesday 12th June 2024, 6.30-7.30 pm – Spring Garden by Tomoko Shibasaki.

Wednesday 10th July 2024,  6.30-7.30 pm – The City & The City by China Miéville.

Wednesday 14th August 2024, 6.30-7.30 pm – Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata.

In autumn 2024, during our exhibition Emma McNally: The Earth is Knot Flat we read:

Wednesday 16th October 2024, 6.30-7.30 pm – Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.

Wednesday 13th November 2024, 6.30-7.30 pm – The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Wednesday 11th December 2024, 6.30-7.30 pm – Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner.

In spring 2025 during our exhibition Hardeep Pandhal: Inner World we read:

Wednesday 5th March 2025, 6.30-7.30 pm – The Outsider (The Stranger) by Albert Camus

In autumn 2025 during our exhibition The Land Sings Back, we read a book from artist Manjot Kaur’s reading list:

Wednesday 3 December 2025, 6.30-7.30 pm – The Second Body, by Daisy Hildyard.