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Ashton Library Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January Exit Belinda Bauer
February The Postscript Murders
Elly Griffiths
March The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy
April 1979 Val McDermid
May Because of You Dawn French
June A Winter Grave Peter May
July Confidence Denise Mina
August The Burning Girls C. J. Tudor
September Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart
October Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
November Piranesi Susanna Clarke
December One by One Ruth Ware

Denton Library Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Robert Goddard
February The Drift C. J. Tudor
March

Missing Pieces

Tim Weaver
April The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald
May

The Lying Life of Adults

Elena Ferrante

June Snow Country
Sebastian Faulks
July The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
August Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
September Bleeding Heart Yard
Elly Griffiths
October The Survivors
Jane Harper
November Really Good, Actually
Monica Heisey
December All Fours
Miranda July

Droylsden Library Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January Various titles  Howard Springs
February Nine Lives Peter Swanson
March Various titles 
Edward Marston
April The Birdcage
Eve Chase
May Various titles 
Pat Baker
June The Good, the Bad, and the Little Bit Stupid
Marina Lewycka
July Various titles 
Ann Cleaves
August Because of You
Dawn French
September Lessons Ian McEwan
October The Deep Alma Katsu
November The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel
December Various titles
Maeve Binchy

Dukinfield Library Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January The Witch Elm Tanya French
February Mr Cadmus Peter Ackroyd
March Redhead at the Side of the Road Anne Tyler
April The Black Dress Deborah Moggach
May Wrong Place, Wrong Time Gillian McAllister
June Circe Madeline Miller
July Great Circle Maggie Shipstead
August One August Night Victoria Hislop
September Enter the Aardvark Jessica Anthony
October The Body Bill Bryson
November The Burning Girls C. J. Tudor
December The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Joseph Paterson

Hyde Library Readers' Groups

Afternoon Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January Variana
Charles Frazer
February The Foundling
Stacey Halls
March The Lamplighters
Emma Stonex
April Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
May Burnt Sugar Avni Doshi
June Klara and the Sun Kazou Ishiguro
July Mr Wilder and Me Jonathan Coe
August Shrines of Gaiety Kate Atkinson
September The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse
October There Are Rivers in the Sky
Eli Shafak
November Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead
December My Sister the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite

Evening Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January The Burning Girls C. J. Tudor
February A Winter Grave Peter May
March My Sister the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite
April The Witch Elm Tanya French
May The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell
June Missing Pieces Tim Weaver
July The Black Dress Deborah Moggach
August Eye for an Eye M. J. Arlidge
September A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins
October TBC
November TBC

December TBC


Mossley Library Readers' Groups

Month Title Author
January Piranesi Suzanna Clarke
February The Deep
Alma Katsu
March The Secret of Cold Hill
Peter James
April Confidence
Denise Mina
May Bleeding Heart Yard Ellie Griffiths
June The Dirty South
John Connolly
July Rabbit Hole Mark Billingham
August TBC

September TBC

October TBC

November TBC

December TBC

Afternoon Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January Elizabeth Finch Julian Barnes
February Stay with Me Ayobami Adebayo
March Silverview John Le Carre
April Eye for an Eye M. J. Arlidge
May The Midnight Library Matt Haig
June There are Rivers in the Sky Elif Shafek
July Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
August A Keeper Graham Norton
September Exit Belinda Bauer
October This Lovely City Louise Hare
November 1979 Val McDermid
December Again, Rachel Marion Keyes

Stalybridge Library Afternoon Readers' Group

Month Title Author
January The Testaments Margaret Atwood
February The Magician Colm Toibin
March Snow Country Sebastian Faulks
April Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
May The Promise Damon Galgut
June Beautiful World, Where are you? Sally Rooney
July The Deep Alma Katsu
August Elizabeth Finch Julian Barnes
September TBC

October TBC

November TBC

December TBC


Virtual Readers' Group

Group Details Contact

Virtual Group Via Zoom
The group agrees a book each month to discuss next month that's available as an eBook and eAudiobook via BorrowBox

Meets on the first Monday of the month, 6-7pm.
Zoom is easy to use via the internet or by downloading the app. See our brief guide to using Zoom pdf or give us a call and we can explain how it works.

Contact 0161 342 2031 or email information.direct@tameside.gov.uk.

 


Want to set up your own Readers’ Group? Contact information.direct@tameside.gov.uk for more details.
 Tameside Libraries offer:

  • Multiple copies of books for loan to readers’ groups
  • Staff assistance with setting up and running groups.


Please note some groups meet during Open+ hours. To attend you will need to be registered for Open+ access. For full details please visits http://www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/openplus or contact the library during staffed hours.
 
Tameside Libraries also offer Book Time for Yourself clubs, which provide a new type of reading experience. Unlike standard readers’ groups members do not need to read the book in advance.

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