Book Group

A monthly book club - meet and chat to talk about the book of the month, with the option to stay on after for a drink and general chat if people would like to 🙂.

BOOK TO BE DISCUSSED IN FEBRUARY 2026 IS:

"The Satsuma Complex" by Bob Mortimer

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice.

Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers.

And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life…

A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Satsuma Complex is the brilliantly funny smash hit first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer."

IMPORTANT: Please only sign up for this event if you are intending to come along, please do not "place hold" just in case! 😮

If you do find for any reason that you have to withdraw please change your RSVP to No straight away, in order to allow other people to book on and to ensure that attendees have a genuine idea of how many people will be participating.

Thank You and see you there! 🙂

BOOK CLUB GUIDELINES:-

1. Book Group is a friendly informal gathering. Different viewpoints are welcome but please do treat others, and their opinions with respect.

2. Books to be discussed will be 21st century novels (published 2000 onwards) which are available for purchase in paperback and kindle form. In most cases, the book should not be too long (i.e. approx 400 pages or less).

3. There is no expectation that participants attend every monthly session of the Book Club. You can sign up for as few or as many of them as you like.

4. If you are only part way through the book by the time of the meeting you are still welcome to attend but bear in mind there may be spoilers! Whilst you do not have to have finished the book to attend, it is expected that you will have read enough of it to be able to make some contribution to the discussion - as the event is a book discussion group as well as a social gathering