Join us once a month to explore, discuss and debate a range of fiction and non-fiction texts of your choice. Led by Naomi Grant, and accompanied by delicious bagels, everyone is welcome!
The group have chosen Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen for the session on 12 February. Here’s what to do next:
- Get your copy: Please aim to have your copy of Liar before the discussion. You can order it online, or visit your local bookshop or library.
- Read at your pace: Feel free to read ahead, dip in and out, or go through it steadily.
- Invite a friend: If you know someone who enjoys reading and lively discussion, let them know about our group.
- Brainstorm: Come with a book recommendation you’d like to suggest to the group for the next session (19 March)
Naomi is an artist and teacher living and working in London. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first-class degree in English before joining the Masterclass Programme at the Jerusalem Studio School in Israel. Following this, she completed the Postgraduate Programme at the Royal Drawing School in London. She is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
15 January: The Safekeep
It’s 15 years since the Second World War and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the conflict is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel’s life is as it should be: led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel’s doorstep-as a guest, there to stay for the season…
The Safekeep won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize.
12 February: Liar
Nofar is just an average teenage girl - so average, she's almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is desperate for some kind of escape. One afternoon, a terrible lie slips from her tongue. And suddenly everyone wants to talk to her: the press, her schoolmates, and the boy upstairs - the only one who knows the truth.
A heart-stopping novel about deception and its consequences, Liar brilliantly explores how far a lie can travel - and how much we are willing to believe.
19 March: TBA
The book for this session will be decided by the group on 12 February. Check back here for updates!