The Novels 1 Group brings together people who love books and wish to discuss what makes a book a great and lasting experience. Novels can be fun, gripping, emotional and perhaps inspirational. They are a window on other lives, loves, tragedies and, indeed, the comic.

“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.” Roald Dahl

The books we will read in the 2024/25 season are:

11th Sep	A Memory Called Empire	Arkady Martine
9th Oct	An American Marriage	Tayari Jones
13th Nov	The Maid	Nita Prose
11th Dec	Castle Richmond	Antony Trollope
8th Jan	Woman in Black	Susan Hill
12th Feb	The Space Machine	Christopher Priest
12th Mar	Warlight	Michael Ondaatje
9th Apr	Kairos	Jenny Erpenbeck
14th May	A Pair of Blue Eyes	Thomas Hardy
11th Jun	The Sellout	Paul Beatty

There is a range of genres in the list including crime, literary, western and horror. Discussions on each book are wide ranging, interesting and often surprising as different aspects and interpretations emerge.

We meet on the second Wednesday of the month 10.30am-12.30pm at the Tin Tabernacle between September and June.

The group is at capacity at the moment but if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please inform the U3A at shepwaygroups@gmail.com

Jim McKenzie

Group Leader