Whether you’re a true bookworm or simply seeking a motivation to get reading more often, the **book club** is a great place for conversation and meeting new people! Come and enjoy some interesting discussion alongside more relaxed chatter, with the book as the jumping off point.

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This time, we’ll be reading **The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories** by [Angela Carter](https://www.instagram.com/p/DQXB5SejULY/?igsh=MWNrank0Mzhpb2M2dA==).

The book is around 170 pages or less (depending on edition), while the audiobook is about 7 hours long! You can find copies in all the usual places such as [Waterstones](https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-bloody-chamber-and-other-stories/angela-carter/helen-simpson/9780099588115)

A collection of ten short stories based on classic folk and fairy tales, we will see interpretations of tales like **Bluebeard**, **Beauty and the Beast** and **Little Red Riding Hood**.

This **1979** compilation was critically acclaimed; it takes these oft-sanitised tales and retells them in a feminist, gothic and sensual way. It is considered **a landmark of feminist fiction** and the foundation of the modern fairy tale and **myth revisionism**!

We will discuss the stories and the themes that interwine them all: how **enhanced female agency** and assertiveness alters the classic tales; the **controversial adult tones** absent from the Disney-fied versions, and the various ways that different tales explore **metamorphosis** and its significance.

[The Centurion](https://maps.app.goo.gl/w81SMCQwN29dyAbJ6?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) is a relaxed, elegant and spacious bar with comfortable seating and a quiet atmosphere, well-suited to literary conversations! 📕🍷

Converted from the historic first class lounge at **Central Station** 🚂✨, its luxuriant environs are situated at ground floor level, easily accessible, with public transport links aplenty nearby. If you’re feeling peckish there are various shops adjacent that you can pick up nibbles from.

This is an open session, so feel free to drop by at any time during the evening: we’re pretty easygoing ☺️.

**Hope you can join us!**

Chris Cook

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