The Athenaeum Blog

The Covid 19 lockdown really mucked up the ABC schedule but we have finished all the books we chose in 2019 and have selected five news books to take us through to 2021. We are skipping July this year and start again on the 13th of August at 7pm with Woman, Girl, Other by Bernardine… Read More

The first books for 2018 are Chappy by Patricia Grace, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and Drawn Out by Tom Scott. The first ABC meeting for 2018 will be on March the 8th – so see you there.

Golly the ABC has been up and running for over nine months now. In that time we have discussed: An Imperfect Marriage by Tim Waterstone Live’s we Leave Behind by Maxine Alterio No! I don’t want to join a Book Club by Virginia Ironside The Children Act by Ian McEwan Time and Time Again by Ben… Read More