The March book choice for SWFT was a bit of a change from our usual fare. Marple is a collection of short stories by 12 different authors, with the central figure of Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple linking the tales. Miss Read More …
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SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
“Some men fight for glory. Others fight for coin. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other.” Our book group choice for February was Dan Jones’s Essex Dogs. This is his debut historical novel, and the first of a trilogy. Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group’s book reviews and recommendations
This wasn’t technically a Christmas present, but it was something one of our readers acquired in December. It is the story of three characters, Opaline, Martha, and Henry and how their lives are tangled up in the secrets of a Read More …
Book Review of The Trial by Rob Rinder
The Education Centre Library were recently given a copy of The Trial by Rob Rinder to give an honest review and add to our Leisure collection. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve probably either heard of, or seen Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
Our book choice for December was The Ecliptic, a novel which was shortlisted for the Encore Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The book blurb looked interesting, setting the scene of an artists colony off the coast Read More …
Behold! The spoils of war
The winners of our inaugural KLS staff Christmas quiz were Stephen, Rayanne, Bev and Lisa, also known as the Old Guard. A brilliant game was played by the A Team which consisted of Gavin, Deb, Zoe and Nathan, and the Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Frostquake by Juliet Nicolson
On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks. The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the recent Cuban Missile Crisis, unemployment Read More …
Book Review- The Poetry Pharmacy Forever!
Thank you to the publisher for sending copies of this Poetry Pharmacy Forever by Willliam Sieghart for our reading group. I really enjoyed the look and feel of this book. The textured, old fashioned cover gives it weight and a Read More …
Joint SWFT and GEH Wellbeing read: Lioness by Emily Perkins
The joint book group choice for this month was Lioness by Emily Perkins. Described as ‘perfection’ (Glamour magazine), ‘a thoughtful, intelligent novel about one woman’s search for more meaning’ (Good Housekeeping), ‘a coolly ironic look at modern womanhood’ (The Times) Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group’s Summer Reads
Summer has sadly come to an end and so we thought we would take the opportunity to find out what our members have been reading over the last couple of months. Whether it was the latest bestseller, a weighty tome Read More …