Join us for cosy chats, gails drinks & snacks and a night chatting all things female friendship with The Eights by Joanna Miller!

Tuesday 22nd September: The Eights by Joanna Miller x Knead To Read: GAIL’s Queen’s Park

☕ London Girls Book Club

📍 GAIL’s Bakery, Queen’s Park

🕢 7:30–9:00pm

Our September Book of the Month is the perfect back to school, back to university read… The Eights by Joanna Miller 🎓🍂📖

Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its one thousand year history, Oxford University officially admits female students. Burning with dreams of equality, four young women move into neighbouring rooms in Corridor 8. Beatrice, Dora, Marianne and Otto find themselves thrown into an unlikely friendship! 💛

Each woman arrives at Oxford with her own story, secrets and dreams. Dora was never meant to go to university, but arrives in place of her brother and fiancé, both lost on the battlefield. Beatrice, daughter of a famous suffragette, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way. Otto is returning to her socialite lifestyle after serving as a wartime nurse, while Marianne, the quiet and clever daughter of a village pastor, carries a shocking secret of her own.

Set among historic spires and in the long shadow of the Great War, The Eights is a story about female friendship, ambition, finding your people and navigating a world that wasn’t always ready to make space for women. 🎓👯‍♀️

It’s the perfect September read, bringing all the feelings of fresh starts, new friendships, university life and that back-to-school feeling, with a cosy autumnal atmosphere to match... 🍂📚☕️

✨ Why Join Us?

Meet other book lovers who will become your new besties and be part of a warm, welcoming, bookish community. Lots of our girls come solo to meet new friends and we can't wait to welcome you.

Evening Plan:

🕢 7:30pm: Meet up & arrivals

☕ 7:35pm: Drinks, snacks & settling in

💬 7:45pm: Book chat & discussion prompts

🔁 8:20pm: Table swapping & more cosy chats

💬 8:35pm: Final book chat round

📸 8:55pm: Photos & goodbyes

🍷 9:00pm: Optional drinks at a pub nearby

✨ What’s Included:

📖 Small group book chats

💬 Prompts to help you connect with new people

🥐 GAIL’s pastries & a warm drink / cold drink of choice — choose from any hot or iced coffee or tea

👯 A safe, welcoming space to be yourself

📚 How to get the book:

📖 Borrow it from your local library

📱 Read it as an ebook

🛍️ Buy it from your local independent bookshop

💻 Order it through BookKind

🎟️ Tickets are non-refundable but can be resold via WhatsApp up to 2 weeks beforehand.

📸 By attending, you agree to be photographed/filmed.

📱 Follow us on Instagram & join our WhatsApp group for updates, book recommendations and reselling tickets.

Can’t wait to welcome you back in September for an evening of autumnal chats, new friendships, university stories and cosy book club vibes ✨🍂🎓📖

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