Reading groups
Acton, Greenford, Hanwell, and Northfields reading groups meet once a month to read a selected book.
Ealing Central Reading Groups - daytime and evening group meet once a month.
Urdu Reading Group and Punjabi Reading Group
All-bar-Fiction Book Club
A new book club to read and discuss non-fiction
books
Reader2Reader
A site for readers to share opinions about books they have
read - good or bad. Readers can chat live online about their
favourite books, join the online reading group, search for book
reviews, or find out about good books.
Acton
Reading
Group:
The reading group meets on the last Thursday of each
month at 6.30pm. If you are interested in joining the group please
contact Sabiha Khanum, Acton Library, 119 High Street, Acton,
London, W3 6NA. Tel: (020) 8752 0999.
Reading list
April: Ludlum, Robert and Larkin, Patrick -
The Moscow Vector
Greenford Reading Group:
The reading group meets on the last Tuesday of each month at
6.30pm. For further information please contact Rob Rosset,
Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane South, Greenford UB6 9LG. Tel:
(020) 8578 1466.
Reading list
April: Tremain, Rose -
The road home
May: Seierstad, Asne -
The bookseller of Kabul
June: Moss, Kate -
Sepulchre
July: Greene, Graham -
The third man
August: Huxley, Aldous -
Brave new world
September: Harris, Robert -
The ghost
October: Lawrence, D.H. -
Sons and lovers
November: Tolstoy, Leo -
Anna Karenina
Hanwell
Reading Group:
The reading group meets the first Tuesday of each month
10am-11.30am. To join the group please phone the library on (020)
8567 5041.
May: Sage, Lorna -
Bad Blood
June: Heller, Zoe -
Believers
Northfields
Reading Group:
The reading group is held on the first Tuesday of each month
at 6.30pm, at Northfield Avenue, Ealing, London W5 4UA. The group
is currently full so we are not encouraging new membership.
(Members who would like to join can be added to our waiting list).
For further information please Tel: (020) 8567 5041.
May: Klien, Naomi -
Shock Doctrine
June: Orange Prize short list
July: Kingsolver, Barbara -
Poisonwood Bible
Ealing
Central Reading Groups:
The evening group meets on the third Thursday of
each month at 6.30pm.
16 April: Hossein, Khaled - One Thousand Splendid Suns
The daytime group meets on the first Thursday of each month
at 10am-11.30am.
7 May: Bennett, Alan -
The Uncommon Reader and Athill, Diana -
Somewhere Towards the End
To join either group phone Ealing Central Library, Tel: (020)
8567 3670 or email
reading@ealing.gov.uk
Ealing Central Library is on the first floor of the Ealing
Broadway Shopping Centre, W5 5JY
Urdu
Reading
Group
Open to both men and women to encourage reading and
discussion of their favourite books. Urdu reading group meet
Wednesdays, monthly, 6pm-7.30pm at Southall Library.
Next meetings for 2009:
29 April
27 May
1 July
29 July
26 August
30 September
28 October
For further information telephone Shahid Hussain on (020)
8810 7664 or email:
shussain@ealing.gov.uk
Punjabi
Reading
Group
Open to both men and women to encourage reading and
discussion of their favourite books. Punjabi reading group meet
Tuesdays monthly, 6pm-7.30pm at Southall Library.
Next meetings for 2009:
28 April
26 May
30 June
28 July
25 August
29 September
27 October
For further information telephone Shahid Hussain on (020) 8810
7664 or email:
shussain@ealing.gov.uk
All-bar-Fiction
Book Club:
A new book club to read and discuss non-fiction books. (e.g.
history, criticism, science, arts, travel, biographies, popular
philosophy, psychology).
The book club meet on the third Thursday of each month,
6.30pm-7.30pm at Northfields Library, Northfields Avenue, Ealing W5
4UA. (near Northfields tube). For more information please Tel:
(020) 8567 5700. There is still room for new members.
Reading list
16 Apr
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
21 May
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
18 Jun
The Divided Mind by John E Sarno
16 Jul
A Brief History of Infinity by Brian Clegg
Please note: This is an independent group not run by
the library service.