1ST BOOK GROUP 2026.SAT 10 JANUARY,12-2,QUAKERS.BESSON:"LIE WITH ME"

FIRST MEET OF THE NEW YEAR!.

Regular second-saturday-of-the-month (Fiction)BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP.

WE READ ALL GENRES OF FICTION.

We choose books in turn; after you have attended twice, you get to go on the choosing books rota!

(we have read sci-fi/dystopia, literary fiction, lgbtq content/author,historical and much more)

FORMAT:
PART ONE:A CHOSEN BOOK ;

AND

PART TWO:A DISCUSSION ON A RELATED THEME (after the break)
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*This is a SAFER-SPACE group for LGBTQ(18+) people ONLY*

(Book authorship/content does NOT have to be LGBTQ)

THIS GROUP IS TRANS-AFFIRMATIVE, AND SUPPORTIVE OF ALL GENDER-NON-CONFORMING PEOPLE; expression of any gender-critical views is *NOT* tolerated.
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NB IF YOU ARE A FIRST-TIMER TO THE GROUP:
You will be made very welcome by our facilitator/hosts and the group:)
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THIS MONTH:

Part One:
A discussion re :

"LIE WITH ME"(PHILIPPE BESSON),: "Arrete tes mensonges" in the French original, but we are reading it in English translation.

A moving novel re an ageing gay man confronting his past life/lover, as he meets someone who reminds him of that love.

Break

Part Two

A THEMED DISCUSSION on other books we have read on the same theme as the "set" book:

"Returning to earlier in your life, and younger self", as represented in fiction"

ALSO,

{1 book x each!} What you read over Christmas /New Year

LGBTQ NOTICEBOARD(other LGBTQ events, not necessarily book-related)
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VENUE/LOCATION:

We are at THE FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE(QUAKERS),22 School Lane,off Hanover St,Liverpool L1 3BT; ENTRANCE: 22 School Lane ; central Liverpool location.

WE MEET 11.45-12 , in the FOYER of the Friends Meeting House(entrance School Lane).

Steve (Host/Organiser)will be in foyer-from 11.45 till 12-to greet you:) see Steve's pic on this site

If you arrive after 12, please ask their Receptionist what room we are in, they will direct you; and please knock on the door!

ACCESSIBILITY:
This whole venue (including all booked rooms) is accessible for wheelchairs/other motability aids.

There is a lift(wheelchair accessible) to all floors

THERE ARE TWO self-contained "TOILETS FOR ALL"
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COST:

£5 per person.
This is purely to cover room rental and the Organiser's Meet Up subscription costs; no profit is made; we are unfunded.

Please pay -at the start of event- to Steve(Host and Organiser), preferably in cash; but he can give his bank details(again, pay at the start of the event)
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FACILITIES:
There is no cafe; but we can use one of their kitchens(there is one on each floor, some rooms have one attached!)

Please bring own food(not needing heating/refrigeration); coffee/tea/milk(cows only) and sugar provided by our regulars:)

Venue kitchen has crockery cups cutlery.

And/or : You can bring take -out drinks and food(not requiring heating/reheating)

If you want NON-cows milk, please bring your own(there is a fridge)
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LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING NEWCOMERS AND REGULARS:)