Join us for a chill night diving into great reads and chatting with the author behind the latest buzz.

Join us for a chill hangout with awesome authors chatting about this month’s hottest reads and bookish fun!

Chat with the author of The Leveret and dive into some great book talk over drinks and good vibes.

Join us in November for the Book Club Society of the Strange, where weird tales and wild minds meet in person!

Our November book club pick is The Leveret !

Moving to the countryside is supposed to fix Clare and Phoebe’s relationship. A fresh start, a change of scenery, a chance to heal after the miscarriage of their baby girl.

Instead, Phoebe feels suffocated. Back in the rural community she ran from at seventeen and unable to face the partner she cannot help, she throws herself into work on the family farm. Clare is a stranger in the village, uninitiated and out of place. She spends her days drifting around the cottage, its walls groaning and shifting as she withdraws into a world inside her head.

One day, wandering through the forest nearby, Clare finds a leveret – her own little Isla. A surrogate to lick and love. A way to feel whole again.

But as Isla grows into an adult hare she becomes wild and unruly – a kicking, biting, scratching creature. With Clare’s grasp on reality growing ever more tenuous, Phoebe begins to question whether Isla is the cure for grief Clare is searching for as she desperately clings on to the woman she loves . . .

With this bruisingly tender love story, debut author Anna Goldreich has conjured a hazy dream of a novel about the fantasies we create as a refuge from grief.The Leveretis a heartbreakingly gorgeous and lyrically haunting hymn to queer love and the power to rebuild from the wreckage of a relationship.

The author, Anna Goldreich, will be attending the event. She will be having a lovely chat with us about her book. There will also be spoilers, so come prepared with plenty of questions!

Join us to chat about the book, share your thoughts, and meet other readers in a relaxed and friendly setting.

Book Club Details

Date: 9th November

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Fossgate Tap, York

Accessibility

Please note that the room we will be using is located high up in the building and is only accessible via several flights of stairs. Unfortunately there is no step-free access due to the age of the building. The space itself is a private and quiet room, so it will be easy to hear and take part in the discussion once upstairs.

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