Tickets: £7

Our monthly book group welcomes anyone passionate about literature and who enjoys engaging in discussions about its themes with others who share their enthusiasm.

Orbital by Samantha Harvey, winner of the Booker Prize 2024, combines an urgent message about the state of our planet with hope and a refusal to sink into despair. Six astronauts in the international Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe the spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day and although separated from the world, they cannot escape its constant pull. ‘Stunning …an uplifting book’ Sunday Times.

The discussion will be led by Valerie Bird.