Book Clubs

We currently run 9 Book Clubs which all meet at the shop. For adults, Book Chat meets on a Wednesday evening and Book & a Beer on a Thursday evening. Cosy Crime meets on a Tuesday afternoon and Cosy Elevenses on a Tuesday morning.

For children and young people we run book clubs for Year 3/4, Year 5/6, Teen (Year 7/8), YA (Year 9-11) and a Crossover book club for those in Year 12+

You can see what each book club is currently reading below. For further information on any of the book clubs, please call in at the shop, send us an email or give us a call.

Book Dragons

21st May 2025, 4.00pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. Spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident....

Book Worms

20th May 2025, 4.00pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: Wildlands by Brogen Murphy

Twenty-five years into the future, no humans are allowed in the Wildlands – a vast area in Britain where wolves, lynx and bison roam free. The only exception is a high-speed train line between London and Glasgow that crosses right through the heart of the project....

Under The Covers

20th May 2025, 7.15pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering ‘expats’ from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role is to work as a ‘bridge’: living with, supporting and monitoring expat...

Book Mice

19th May 2025, 4.00pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: The Notwitches by Gary Panton

While lots of children have one or two problems, Melanda Notwitch has three: her horrible aunts. They really are the absolute WORST! Luckily, Melanda meets Mitch, a young witch who knows of a magic spell that might make everything better. All they have to do is find...

The Keen Readers Book Club

7th May 2025, 2.00pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: Loot by Tania James

Young toy maker and dreamer Abbas is whisked away to Tipu Sultan’s glorious palace in Mysore and ordered to create a musical tiger to delight Tipu’s sons. When he is apprenticed to eccentric clockmaker Monsieur Du Leze, Abbas finds an unexpected friend who...

Thrills & Chills Book Club

28th April 2025, 7.00pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: A Poisoner's Tale by Cathryn Kemp

Rome, 1656 In Rome’s shadowy backstreets lies an apothecary’s shop – a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their fortunes. An undetectable poison that can kill in four drops. Alongside her circle of...

Country Matters

17th April 2025, 6.15pm at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing

When Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants, the work drew them into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens. Moving between the real and the imagined, from...

Thrilling Reads – Booka Bridgnorth

19th March 2025, 2.00pm at 72 High Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4DX

Currently reading: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Amid the falling shells of Flanders Field, magic and mystery fills the air… January 1918: Laura Iven, a Canadian nurse, returns home from the war, only to receive devastating news – her brother Freddie is dead. But something doesn’t quite make sense. Determined...

Chapter Two – Booka Bridgnorth

11th March 2025, 6.30pm at 72 High Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4DX

Currently reading: The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

Malaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother’s choice affect her children forever? British Malaya, 1930s Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara and the glorious future he is promising for ‘independent’ Malaya, free from...

Cosy Book Club – Booka Bridgnorth

10th March 2025, 6.30pm at 72 High Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4DX

Currently reading: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid...

Books & Buggies Book Club

30th September 2024, 11.00am at 26-28 Church Street Oswestry, SY11 2SP

Currently reading: Colin's Castle by Holly Swain

Booka & Buggies

Discover, share and enjoy great books for babies and toddlers at our Books & Buggies Book Club. Each session includes a story-time with a featured book plus the showcasing of a variety of other books for parents/carers to share and enjoy with their young ones. Our...