North Books’ Hay Book Group has been initiated by Hay Book Club.

The group meets on the second Tuesday of every month and refreshments will be included. Please note that the Tuesday group is looking for new members and your first session (introductory) would be free to attend.

For more information or to sign up, call into the shop or email jules@northbooks.co.uk or find Tam on TheHayBookClub@gmail.com

TICKETS

Participation is free if the book is purchased in advance from North Books or a fiver if you’ve sourced your reading material elsewhere. Please email Jules on jules@northbooks.co.uk or pop into the shop to pre-order the book. You can also register at https://bookclubs.com/clubs/5985288/join/4bc300/ to receive updates.

At North Books, 4 Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye on Tuesday 12 December, 6–8pm.

THE NEXT BOOK

Winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Women’s Prize for Literature 2023

Our tenth novel up for discussion is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, author of best-selling The Poisonwood Bible among many other big hitting bestsellers.

The story set in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia (where the author is from) follows the story-arc of Dickens’ David Copperfield and although it lacks the rags to riches glory of that tale, there are definite character parallels and it’s great fun arranging the characters in their opposing tales - like a game of literature drafts.

Not a schmaltzy Christmas read (as this seasonal special edition cover might suggest) but a hard-hitting reveal of the massive opiod-addiction culture endemic within American society below the poverty line (and above).
Every time Demon is knocked back he gets right back up again, until he’s almost beyond salvation…