Book Club

The very popular Thame Belles Book Club meets monthly at the Six Bells pub on Thame High Street. The book club is a members-only group for Thame Belles. The Book House offer Book Belles 25% off the current choice!

Book Club 2024

The Club meets at the Six Bells, Thame at 8.00pm. This year we are going to read an eclectic selection of authors so please let us have your suggestions for more great books. If you want to sign up to our newsletter, email us and we will add you to the list.

January 2024, "Hungry"

February 2024, "Remarkably Bright Creatures"

From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl growing up in Currock, Carlisle, she yearned to be something bigger, to go somewhere better.

Hungry traces Grace’s story from growing up eating beige food to becoming one of the much-loved voices on the British food scene. It’s also everyone’s story – from treats with your nan, to the exquisite joy of cheaply-made apple crumble with custard. It’s the real story of how we have all lived, laughed, and eaten over the past 40 years.

An endearingly quirky feelgood mystery novel with a very unusual pairing at its heart, Remarkably Bright Creatures charts the growing bond between aquarium worker Tova and Marcellus the octopus, as they attempt to discover how and why Tova's son disappeared.

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Inspiring Women Writers

A fond farewell to Judith Kerr, one of the Belles' favourite children's authors

Beloved children's author Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog the Forgetful Cat and many more, passed away on 23 May 2019. A great many of the Belles' fondly remember her stories, particularly When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. A review of her fascinating life, writing and drawings is sensitively captured in this obituary.

Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with her debut novel The Glorious Heresies.

Margaret Mountford, Chair of Judges, commented: “After a passionate discussion around a very strong shortlist, we chose Lisa McInerney’s The Glorious Heresies, a superbly original, compassionate novel that delivers insights into the very darkest of lives through humour and skilful storytelling. A fresh new voice and a wonderful winner.”

Women have also been winning on the genre front as well, with female authors dominating the recent Nebula Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. A genre long thought to be been the domain of male writers (or those writing under male or non specific pseudonyms), this years list of winners shows that women are shining in this too. Click on the link for more information on the shortlists and winners.