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Ask friends if they would like to start a reading group, or join an exisiting group! Manchester library runs and has information about reading groups. It has six reading groups, one of them reading gay and lesbian fiction. Oprah’s Book Club – online reading group information and books. Richard and Judy Book Club – online reading group information and books. The Reading Group Book by Jenny Hartley – a book written after a survey of 350 reading groups and has a lot of information about reading groups and books chosen by them. like I have not had anyone to discuss them with. About a year ago, I advertised on ‘Pink Sofa’ that I wanted to start a reading group for lesbians in Manchester. We meet once a month at a café in the centre of Manchester and have about ten members. Not everyone can attend every month, but we have a core number of regular members and a number of others who attend every few months. We are a single-title reading group, and choose the titles two months in advance to help slower readers. Through the reading group, I have made some new friends and read books that I would never have even picked up before. I haven’t liked all of the books and neither has everyone else, but this has led to some interesting discussions! I have always loved reading a wide variety of books and felt Did you know the LCP and LGYM libraries are being merged into one amazing resource? Contact Sheila at the LCP on 0161 273 7128 or email mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk for more information Useful weblinks www.amazon.co.uk – gives synopsis of a story and reviews. www.bloomsbury.com/readingclub - general information for reading groups. www.bookgroup.info - a virtual reading group. www.pinksofa.com – Manchester classifieds has information about my reading group. www.harpercollins.co.uk/Contents/ReadingGroups/ Pages/default.aspx/ – advice for reading groups. Sally recommends Lesbian fiction Affinity by Sarah Waters. (Any Sarah Waters books are worth reading, but this is my personal favourite.) Carol by Patricia Highsmith. Chicken Run by Alma Fritchley. Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown. Spelling Mississippi by Marnie Woodrow. The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Trumpet by Jackie Kay. General fiction Disobedience by Naomi Alderman. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Possession by A.S. Byatt. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Page 6 http://www.amazon.co.uk http://www.bloomsbury.com/readingclub http://www.bookgroup.info http://www.pinksofa.com http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Contents/ReadingGroups/Pages/default.aspx http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Contents/ReadingGroups/Pages/default.aspx

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Zhoosh Magazine - February 2009 Contents Features LGBT America What are You Reading? New Goth on the Block The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Congestion, the Debate Continues... Sugar and Spice Genesis Wherefore ART Thou? LGBT History Month

Zhoosh Magazine - February 2009

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