Well for both reading groups we're doing 'An Uncommon Reader' By Alan Bennett.

Come and meet us on the Red Sofas.

Piccadilly Tuesday December 16th at 11.30am

Epsom Thursday December 18th at 11.15am

We look forward to meeting you at either store on the Red Sofas.

In the meantime Happy Reading.

Vicky

How could we not choose 'A Dog's Life' by Martin Clunes - it's a fantastic book that would make a fantastic Christmas present for any dog lover.

Angela Young's author event at Epsom Surrey last month went very well with lots of questions being asked about her book Speaking of Love.

In this month's Reading Groups at Epsom and Piccadilly we have:-

Cousin Bette by Balzac (Oxford Edition) on Thursday November 27th at 11.15am at Epsom Waterstones on the red sofas.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry on Tuesday November 25th at 11.30am at Piccadilly Waterstones on the red sofas

Come and join us to chat about these two books.

Simon Yates is a mountaineer with a very dry sense of humour which very definitely came across in a talk I saw him at recently. I have chosen his book Againt the Wall as my book of the month because it portrays so much emotion and frustration as well as the minutia of the actual climb of the East Face of the Central Towers of Paine in Chile.

I did a very short interview with him at the talk and will be doing a much longer email interview.

Testament by Alis Hawkins is our October Book of the Month. It is a brilliant story set in todays time and the 15th century  involving the discovery of a hidden picture in an old colledge hall and in the past, how the hall was built. This includes all the religious and political themes of the day and how people saw physical disability. I highly recommend it.

We have 2 authors events in October at both Epsom and Piccadilly Watersones.

Epsom Waterstones 23rd October 2008 at 11.15am on the red sofas - author Angela Young will be talking about her book 'Speaking of Love' Come and meet her in the Ashley Mall Waterstones.

Piccadilly Waterstones 28th October 2008 at 11.30pm on the red sofas on the first floor - author Edith Hahn Beer's daughter Angela Schluter will be talking about her mothe's book 'The Nazi Officer's Wife' - she has much to say about her mother's experiences during WW2 as a Jew left behing in Vienna.

We look forward to meeting you at the above Waterstones.

Charley travels 'By Any Means' is now being shown on BBC2 at 8pm Sunday nights. If the first episode is anything to go by I think we're in for a treat.

Our September book of the month is 'With the Light' an unusual manga book telling the story of a young Japanese couple coming to terms with there autistic baby.

Charley Boorman has been travelling from Wicklow in Ireland to Australia  by any means - he now has  a  website  http://byanymeans.bigearth.tv/   which you can log onto to receive a newsletter and also see his latest video clips and photos of the trip.

I will be interviewing Charley again when his book comes out to tie in with the TV series which will be shown on the BBC in Autumn and later on on National Geographic.

Our book of the month for August is Varjak Paw by SF Said. We met SF Said in a cafe in London and had a real animated chat about the book. Varjak is an amazing cat who has some wonderful adventures.