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Waterstones Bookclub read The Lady in the Van

Posted by Cherry | Dec 14, 2015 |

The Lady is the Van is the most recent book to be chosen for the Ballymena Waterstones Bookclub. Last month the bookclub read The Children’s Act by Ian McEwan which provoked lots of chat and discussion and we are sure that this short book will do the same. The Lady in the Van is a true story written by Alan Bennett. In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett’s garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place,...

Ballymena bookclub plan to read Ian McEwan bestseller

Posted by Cherry | Nov 17, 2015 |

The Bookclub meeting in Waterstones Ballymena will be meeting at the start of November to discuss a bestseller by Ian McEwan. The Writer of novels such as Atonement and On Chesil Beach released a short novel entitled The Children Act earlier this year. Like his other bestsellers The Children Act has shot to the top of the charts and has also provoked lots of discussion and argument. What is causing all the fuss, take a look below. Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence,...

Ballymena Waterstones Bookclub

Posted by Cherry | Aug 10, 2015 |

In Waterstones in Ballymena a special bookclub was recently run to celebrate the release of Harpers Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman”. The books was a long awaited second piece of work from the writer of the modern classic “To Kill a Mockingbird”. We blogged about the release of the book here. The bookclubbers were given just under a month to have the book read and be ready for a lively debate. What was the verdict? Everyone enjoyed the book, it was a quick and easy read although everyone preferred “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This month the bookclub are inviting us to read “After Me Comes the Flood” by Sarah Perry, which is part of the Waterstones Bookclub picks. After Me Comes the Flood is a haunting novel. The kind that keeps popping back into your head at the slightest notice. During a month of severe drought, John Cole locks up his London bookshops and heads to Norfolk to stay with his brother. His car breaks down and he finds himself lost in the English countryside until he stumbles upon a small isolated village where, somehow, everybody already knows his name..(Source) Intrigued yet? Click here to read an extract from the first chapter and come along to the Waterstones Bookclub in Ballymena on Wednesday 2nd September at...

Ballymena Bookclub – The Paying Guests

Posted by Cherry | Jun 15, 2015 |

This month Ballymena Bookclub, which meets in Waterstones in the Fairhill Shopping centre, will be reading The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. If you are looking for a good read this weekend then read on! Having just read two Irish authors back to back the bookclub decided to pick something form Sarah Waters, the award winning author who has seen several of her books made into television adaptations. The Paying Guests was voted as The Sunday Times Fiction Book of the Year. Ballymena Bookclub – The Paying Guests It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the...

Ballymena Bookclub – Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Posted by Cherry | Apr 17, 2015 |

Spill Simmer Falter Wither is the latest title to be picked by Ballymena Bookclub. Written by young Irish author Sara Baume this novel is touted as a wholly different kind of love story, that spans the four seasons echoed in the novel’s title. Sara was born in Lancashire and grew up in Co. Cork. She studied Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design before completing a Master’s in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. Her short fiction has been published in The Dublin Review, The Moth, The Penny Dreadful, The Stinging Fly and the Irish Independentas part of the Hennessy New Irish Writing series. In 2014 she won the Davy Byrnes Award. She lives in Cork with her two dogs. (Source). With an award already under her belt we are very excited about reading her latest work. Last month the group had mixed feelings about Look Who’s Back by Time Vermes. Not sure if the translation from German conveyed the same wit as the origianl a few readers were left cold by this bestseller. Others however found it a great satirical look at modern society and fame. If you have read Look Who’s Back or are planning to read Spill Simmer Falter Wither then please feel free to join the Ballymena Book club which meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.00pm. Meet at Waterstones in Ballymena where you can meet the group and...

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