{"id":1105,"date":"2014-11-20T10:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T10:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:03:53","slug":"kidlington-mens-book-club-book-pub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?page_id=1105","title":{"rendered":"Kidlington Men&#8217;s Book Club: &#8220;Book Pub&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780141999340-jacket-hsize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780141999340-jacket-hsize.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1474\" style=\"width:263px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780141999340-jacket-hsize.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780141999340-jacket-hsize-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780141999340-jacket-hsize-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for the 2026 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Airhead&#8221; <em>Emily Maitlis<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 14 January 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Beyond The Wall&#8221; <em>Katja Hoyer <\/em>&#8211; Wednesday 11 March 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Death And The Penguin&#8221; <em>Andrey Kurkov<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 May 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Guilty By Definition&#8221; <em>Susie Dent<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 July 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Flesh&#8221; <em>David Szalay<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 9 September 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Traitors CIrcle&#8221; <em>Jonathan Freedland<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 November 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/orbital.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/orbital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/orbital.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/orbital-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/orbital-96x150.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for the 2025 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Orbital&#8221; <em>Samantha Harvey<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 15 January 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Way Back&#8221; <em>Erich Maria Remarque<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 March 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Pines&#8221; (Wayward Pines) <em>Blake Crouch<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 14 May 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Remarkable Guide to Happiness&#8221; <em>Bill Bailey<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 9 July 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Incomplete &amp; Utter History of Classical Music&#8221; <em>Stephen Fry<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 September 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Ministry of Time&#8221; <em>Kaliane Bradley<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-197x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-674x1024.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-768x1167.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-1011x1536.jpeg 1011w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-1348x2048.jpeg 1348w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-99x150.jpeg 99w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/dark-matter-scaled.jpeg 1685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for 2024 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Madness of July&#8221; <em>James Naughtie<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 January 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Places In Between&#8221; <em>Rory Stewart<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 March 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Island of Missing Trees&#8221; <em>Elif Shafak<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Hiding The Elephant&#8221; <em>Jim Steinmeyer<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 July 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Dark Matter&#8221; <em>Blake Crouch<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 September 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Julia&#8221; <em>Sandra Newman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 November 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus a &#8216;bonus&#8217; book of &#8216;Unruly&#8217; by David Mitchell over the summer break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-228x300.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-228x300.webp 228w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-780x1024.webp 780w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-768x1009.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-1170x1536.webp 1170w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-1559x2048.webp 1559w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg-114x150.webp 114w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hbg-title-9781848549579-35.jpg.webp 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for 2023 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;What if?&#8221; <em>Randall Munroe<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 January 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Something Wicked This Way Comes&#8221; <em>Ray Bradbury<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 March 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things&#8221; <em>Jon McGregor<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 May 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Surrender: 40 songs, one story&#8221; <em>Bono<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 July 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Undoctored&#8221; <em>Adam Kay<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 September 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Bring Up The Bodies&#8221; <em>Hilary Mantel<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 November 2023 (also, optionally, &#8220;Wolf Hall&#8221; by the same author)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/add_up-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/add_up-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/add_up-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/add_up.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for 2022 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;How to Make the World Add Up&#8221; <em>Tim Harford<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 January 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Thursday Murder Club&#8221; <em>Richard Osman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 9 March 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Descent of Man&#8221; <em>Grayson Perry<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 May 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Harlem Shuffle&#8221; <em>Colson Whitehead<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 July 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Three Cups of Tea&#8221; <em>Greg Mortenson<\/em> AND &#8220;Middlesex&#8221; <em>Jeffrey Eugenides<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 14 September 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Empire of Pain&#8221; <em>Patrick Keefe<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 9 November 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/poison-191x300.png\" alt=\"The Poisonwood Bible\" class=\"wp-image-1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/poison-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/poison-95x150.png 95w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/poison.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books for 2021 meetings are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Poisonwood Bible&#8221; Barbara Kingsolver &#8211; Wednesday 13 January 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Let It Go&#8221; Dame Stephanie Shirley &#8211; Wednesday 10 March 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Angel&#8217;s Game&#8221; Carlos Ruiz Zafon &#8211; Wednesday 12 May 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Stories of Your Life and Others&#8221; Ted Chiang &#8211; Wednesday 14 July 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Professor and the Madman&#8221; Simon Winchester &#8211; Wednesday 8 September 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Midnight Library&#8221; Matt Haig &#8211; Wednesday 10 November 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional recommended reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Memory Police&#8221; Yoko Ogawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Gentleman in Moscow&#8221; Amor Towles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Sapiens: a brief history of humankind&#8221;\u00c2&nbsp; Yuval Noah Harari<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Shadow of the Wind&#8221; Carlos Ruiz Zafon, predecessor book to &#8220;The Angel&#8217;s Game&#8221; to which the latter is a prequel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These sessions are &#8220;second Wednesday of odd-numbered months&#8221; at 20:00, location wherever the pandemic may dictate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1314\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/permanent_record.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1316\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Books for 2020 meetings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Travelling Vet&#8221; <em>Jonathan Cranston<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 January 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Permanent Record&#8221; <em>Edward Snowden<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 March 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Shining&#8221; <em>Stephen King<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 May 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Body: A Guide for Occupants&#8221; <em>Bill Bryson<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 July 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale&#8221; <em>Margaret Atwood<\/em> AND &#8220;Strange Fire&#8221; <em>Tommy Wallach<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 16 September 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Birds Without Wings&#8221; <em>Louis de Bernieres<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 November 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mostly &#8220;second Wednesday of odd-numbered months&#8221; at 20:00, Black Horse, Kidlington.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1314\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sevendeaths-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sevendeaths-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sevendeaths-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sevendeaths.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Books for 2019 meetings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle&#8221; <em>Stuart Turton<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2039 &#8211; Wednesday 9 January 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Walking on Glass&#8221; <em>Iain Banks<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 March 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Racketeer&#8221; <em>John Grisham<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 May 2019\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Bel Canto&#8221; <em>Ann Patchett<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 July 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Song of Achilles&#8221; <em>Madeleine Miller<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 September 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories&#8221; <em>Flannery O&#8217;Connor<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 November 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Second Wednesday of odd-numbered months&#8221; at 20:00, Black Horse, Kidlington.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1293\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spy_cold-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Spy Who Came In From The Cold\" class=\"wp-image-1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spy_cold-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spy_cold-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spy_cold.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Books for 2018 meetings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The Spy who came in from the cold&#8221; <em>John le Carr\u00c3\u00a9<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 January 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Complete Maus&#8221; <em>Art Spiegelman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 14 March 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Citadel&#8221; <em>A J Cronin<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 9 May 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;When breath becomes air&#8221; <em>Paul Kalanithi<\/em> &#8211; Thursday 12 July 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;A man called Ove&#8221; <em>Fredrik Backman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 September 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Princess Bride&#8221; <em>William Goldman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 14 November 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><del datetime=\"2018-05-11T07:04:05+00:00\">All<\/del> Most of these meetings are &#8220;second Wednesday of odd-numbered months&#8221;, 20:00 at Black Horse, Kidlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1269\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatherland-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"fatherland\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatherland-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatherland-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatherland.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Books for 2017 meetings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Fatherland&#8221; <em>Robert Harris<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 11 January 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Nocturnes&#8221; <em>Kazuo Ishiguro<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 March 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared&#8221; <em>Jonas Jonasson<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 10 May 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;All the light we cannot see&#8221; <em>Anthony Doerr<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 12 July 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Trigger Warning: short fictions and disturbances&#8221; <em>Neil Gaiman<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 13 September 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Time-travelling with a hamster&#8221; <em>Ross Welford<\/em> &#8211; Wednesday 8 November 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All these meetings are &#8220;second Wednesday of odd-numbered months&#8221;, 20:00 at Black Horse, Kidlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1208\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tale-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"tale\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Books for 2016 meetings were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;A Tale of Two Cities&#8221; <em>Charles Dickens<\/em> &#8211; (Wednesday 13 January 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Blue Sky July&#8221; <em>Nia Wyn<\/em> &#8211; (Wednesday 9 March 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Martian&#8221; <em>Andy Weir<\/em> &#8211; (Thursday 19 May 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Dreams from My Father&#8221; <em>Barack Obama<\/em> &#8211; (Thursday 14 July 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Vernon God Little&#8221; <em>D.B.C. Pierre<\/em> &#8211; (Thursday 15 September 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Educating Rita&#8221; play by <em>Willy Russell<\/em> &#8211; (Thursday 10 November 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that January and March meetings are on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong> and that May meetings onwards are on <strong>Thursday<\/strong> &#8211; all meetings start at 20:00, venue is The Black Horse, Kidlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books for 2015 meetings were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Alan Turing: The Enigma&#8221; <em>Andrew Hodges<\/em> &#8211; (14 January 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Great Gatsby&#8221; <em>F Scott Fitzgerald<\/em> &#8211; (11 March 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Long Earth&#8221; <em>Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter<\/em> (13 May 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Baking Cakes in Kigali&#8221; <em>Gaile Parkin<\/em> &#8211; (8 July 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Complications&#8221; <em>Atul Gawande<\/em> &#8211; (9 September 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Dissolution&#8221; <em>CJ Sansom<\/em> &#8211; (11 November 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/turing.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungate.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/turing.gif\" alt=\"turing\" class=\"wp-image-1108\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books for the 2026 meetings are: Books for the 2025 meetings are: Books for 2024 meetings are: Plus a &#8216;bonus&#8217; book of &#8216;Unruly&#8217; by David Mitchell over the summer break. 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