Book Marks Bookclub

Join us during exhibitions for a discussion of a selection of literature from around the world.  We’ll be reading fiction, short stories and poetry, exploring titles recommended to us by artists participating in our programme, as well as hearing what our book club community would like to read and discuss.  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 do not provide copies of the books, so please do source your own copy from a public library or bookshop in advance of each event.

In spring 2025 we’ll be reading a book which appears on Hardeep Pandhal’s reading list to accompany his exhibition Hardeep Pandhal: Inner World, 13 February 2025 – 13 April 2025:

Wednesday 5th March 2025, 6.30-7.30 pm – The Outsider (The Stranger) by Albert Camus . 15 places available, please book your place by 4th March by emailing [email protected]

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.