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