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Comeback Book Group: New local book group with the aim of improving mental health


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Hi all


Comeback Book Group's motto is "towards better mental health through reading and talking about books".


The Group aims to promote the therapeutic benefits of reading literary fiction for those who are experiencing/recovering from mental health issues, to encourage purposeful reading as a means of promoting discussion and sharing ideas and to give readers an opportunity to meet socially on a monthly basis to discuss the book of the month.


Membership is aimed at SE London residents who are experiencing, are recovering from or are recovered from/in remission from mental health issues.


We hope shortly to be able to confirm the venue (in SE22) for our monthly meetings. The first of these will be held towards the end of March.


At that meeting we'll be discussing Muriel Spark's "The Ballad Of Peckham Rye". We've chosen this as our debut novel because it's set locally, because Spark would have been 100 in 2018 if she was still alive and - er - because it's a fine read which ought to give us plenty to discuss.


If you'd like to become a member of the Group, please contact us via the private messaging feature here, through email at [email protected] or via our website http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com


Thank you.

Many thanks to Alleyn's who have kindly made premises available for monthly meetings of the Comeback Book Group.


Our first meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th March at 7:00pm. Our first novel will be Muriel Spark's "The Ballad Of Peckham Rye".


For further details, please email [email protected]


Many thanks.

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Thanks to everyone who has replied so far. Our numbers are now up to five and we'd ideally like to get into double figures before our first meeting. Please have a look at the website http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com and if the approach chimes with you, please get in touch for further details. Many thanks.
Many thanks to Village Books, Dulwich. A kind offer to support the group through reduced price admission to their upcoming talk by Elly Griffiths, crime writer. Very much appreciated!
Thanks to everyone who has got in touch to enquire about membership. Our numbers are now up to nine. As we mentioned in the post of 30th January, we'd ideally like to get into double figures before our first meeting. Please have a look at the website http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com and if the approach chimes with you, please get in touch for further details. Many thanks.
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We held our first meeting last night. Five of us were able to make it and we had a very lively discussion about Muriel Spark's "The Ballad Of Peckham Rye".


We'd be very keen to welcome new members to our second meeting, scheduled for Tuesday 24th April, when we'll be discussing "Quarantine" by Jim Crace.


If you'd like to sign up, please get in touch through email [email protected] or visit http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com for further information.

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Two weeks - give or take twenty four hours - until our next meeting, when we will be discussing Jim Crace's novel "Quarantine". If you would like to join the group (and we'd love to welcome new members!), please get in touch at [email protected] Further information available at http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com
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Hi all


An interesting discussion last night of Jim Crace's "Quarantine". I came away with some very different perspectives on the book following other members' input!


When we meet again, on Tuesday 29th May, we'll be discussing Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman".


We're still very keen to welcome new members, so please contact us at [email protected] if you'd like to join.


Further information about the group available at http://www.comebackbookgroup.wordpress.com


Many thanks.

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