Readers' groups

Readers' groups have monthly meetings at each of our libraries on the dates shown below. There is also a monthly online readers group. If you'd like to join one of the readers' groups, or would like more information, email librarynews@trafford.gov.uk.

Altrincham Library

Morning group

First Tuesday of the month at 10am

  • 6 June – American Dirt by Jeanne Cummins
  • 4 July - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
  • August – No meeting
  • 5 September – A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
  • 4 October – Still Life by Sarah Winman
  • 7 November – The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  • 5 December -  The Survivors by Jane Harper 

Evening group

One Tuesday a month at 7:30pm. As there is no meeting in June, two books have been selected for the following month.

  • June – No meeting
  • 11 July – Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • 8 August – What Maisie Knew by Henry James
  • 5 September – Chaos by Patricia Cornwell
  • 3 October – The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
  • 14 November – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
  • 12 December – Stoner by John Williams

Coppice Library

Monday group

First Monday of the month at 11am

  • 6 June - Carol by Patricia Highsmith
  • 4 July – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • 1 August – The Code of Woosters by PG Wodehouse
  • 4 September - Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
  • 2 October – TheAwakening by Kate Chopin
  • 6 November - Today, a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Wilma Wolitzer
  • 4 December - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
  • 8 January - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (change of date due to Bank Holiday on 1 January)
  • 5 February - A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

Tuesday group

Last Tuesday of the month at 2pm

  • 27 June - Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres
  • 25 July - Any Human Heart by William Boyd
  • 29 August - The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J Harris
  • 26 September - Heartburn by Nora Ephron
  • 31 October - We are all Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Fowler
  • 28 November - The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
  • December - TBC 

Wednesday group

Second Wednesday of the month at 2pm

  • 14 June – The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder by Sarah Harris
  • 12 July – I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
  • 9 August – The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes 

Old Trafford Library

Morning group

Last Thursday of the month 10:30am – 12:00pm at Limelight

  • 29 June - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
  • 27 July - Heartburn by Nora Ephron
  • 31 August – A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

Online readers' group – via Zoom

The group meets online via Zoom. To request a link to the sessions email sale.library@trafford.gov.uk

Afternoon group

First Friday of the month at 12:00pm

  • 7 July – A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (via Zoom)
  • 4 August – Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (via Zoom)
  • 1 September – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (via Zoom)
  • 6 October – The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (via Zoom)
  • 3 November – A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson (via Zoom)
  • 1 December – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (via Zoom)

Sale Library

Evening group

Second Monday of the month at 6pm

  • 12 June – The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard
  • 10 July – Love,Nina by Nina Stibbe
  • 14 August - Reservoir 13  by John McGregor
  • 11 September - The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish
  • 9 October - Sweet Home by  Wendy Erskine
  • 13 November - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • 11 December - Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket  by Hilma Wolitzer

Stretford Library

Morning group

Last Saturday of the month at 11am

  • 1 July - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (change of date from 24 June)
  • 29 July - Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine
  • 26 August – The Awakening by  Kate Chopin
  • 30 September – The Thursday Murder Club byRichard Osman
  • 28 October – Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
  • 25 November – The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
  • December – TBC

Timperley Library

First Monday of the month at 2pm

  • 5 June - Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
  • 3 July - The Threat Level Remains Severe by Rowena Macdonald
  • 7 August - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
  • 4 September - The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson
  • 2 October - Half of the Human Race by Anthony Quinn
  • 6 November - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • 4 December - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Urmston Library

Afternoon group

Fourth Thursday of the month at 2pm

  • 22 June - Chocolat by Joanne Harris
  • 27 July - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 24 August - The Girls by Lisa Jewell
  • 28 September - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
  • 26 October - Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
  • 23 November - The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver
  • 21 December - What Maisie Knew by Henry James

Afternoon crime time

Last Friday of the month at 2pm

  • 30 June – The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

Evening page turners

Third Tuesday of the month at 6pm

  • 20 June - TBC

LGBT+ readers' group

Last Tuesday of the month 5:30pm – 6:30pm for more details email Urmston.library@trafford.gov.uk

  • 27 June – This Much is True by Miriam Margoyles
  • 25 July– Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale
  • 29 August – Carol by Patricia Highsmith
  • 26 September – 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak.

Woodsend Library

Afternoon group

Third Monday of the month at 2pm

  • 19 June - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • 17 July – Stoner by John Williams
  • 21 August – The Crow Road by Iain Banks
  • 18 September – Digging to America by Anne Tyler
  • 16 October – The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish
  • 20 November – Carol by Patricia Highsmith
  • 18 December – The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes