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Books so far read and discussed (excluding non-UK authors) include: | Books so far read and discussed (excluding non-UK authors) include: | ||
*''The | *''The Gulf between us'' by [[Geraldine Bedell]] | ||
*''Shameless by Paul [[Burston]] | |||
*''Love is where it Falls'' by [[Simon Callow]] | |||
*''The Naked Civil Servant'' by [[Quentin Crisp]] | |||
*''Justine'' by Lawrence Durrell | |||
*''The Bird Keeper'' by [[Issy Festing]] | *''The Bird Keeper'' by [[Issy Festing]] | ||
*''[[Maurice]]'' by [[E M Forster]] | |||
*''Notes on a Scandal'' by [[Zoë Heller]] | *''Notes on a Scandal'' by [[Zoë Heller]] | ||
*''The Line of Beauty'' by [[Alan Hollinghurst]] | *''The Line of Beauty'' by [[Alan Hollinghurst]] | ||
*'' | *''Goodbye to Berlin'' by [[Christopher Isherwood]] | ||
*''The Rainbow'' by [[D H Lawrence]] | *''The Rainbow'' by [[D H Lawrence]] | ||
*''A Darker Domain'' by [[Val McDermid]] | |||
*''Enduring Love'' by [[Ian McEwan]] | |||
*''At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints'' by [[Paul O'Grady]] | *''At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints'' by [[Paul O'Grady]] | ||
*''A Stone's Throw'' by [[Fiona Shaw (author)|Fiona Shaw]] | *''A Stone's Throw'' by [[Fiona Shaw (author)|Fiona Shaw]] | ||
*''The Night Watch'', ''Fingersmith'', and ''Affinity'' by [[Sarah Waters]] | |||
*''Brideshead Revisited'' by [[Evelyn Waugh]] | |||
*''Oranges are not the only Fruit'' and ''Written on the Body'' by [[Jeanette Winterson]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 23 November 2013
The Rainbow Reading Group is GBT Reading Group, organised by Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS) in conjunction with Croydon Library. It meets monthly in the Central Library, Croydon.
It was started in October 2010, but had its official opening in February 2011 with a visit by Issy Festing, author of The Bird Keeper. Fiona Shaw, author of A Stone's Throw, was the guest in February 2013.
Books discussed
Books so far read and discussed (excluding non-UK authors) include:
- The Gulf between us by Geraldine Bedell
- Shameless by Paul Burston
- Love is where it Falls by Simon Callow
- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp
- Justine by Lawrence Durrell
- The Bird Keeper by Issy Festing
- Maurice by E M Forster
- Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
- Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
- The Rainbow by D H Lawrence
- A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
- Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
- At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints by Paul O'Grady
- A Stone's Throw by Fiona Shaw
- The Night Watch, Fingersmith, and Affinity by Sarah Waters
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Oranges are not the only Fruit and Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
External links
Official site: http://www.rainbowreadinggroup.org.uk/