Friday evening book club
- Mar 20
- 2 min read
Welcome to the Friday evening book club. We'll meet once every two months on a Friday evening from 7.30pm to 9pm to discuss a book written in English.
2026 Dates
Friday 30 January - Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (postponed to Friday 6 March)
Friday 20 March - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Friday 8 May - The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
Friday 3 July
Friday 18 September
Friday 13 November
Who is the book club for?
The book club is for people who:
enjoy reading and discovering new authors
like meeting new people
want to practice speaking in a friendly environment
have English at level B2 or above
live in or near to Zurich
I'll prepare a few questions for you to discuss at the book club so that you get lots of speaking practice. You can also ask me questions about any vocabulary or grammar that you find interesting in the book. At the end of each session, I'll provide some feedback to help you improve your English.
Possible books
Feel free to make suggestions about the books that you want to read. I try to suggest books that are around 200 pages long. Here are some possible ideas for our next choice - perhaps you can do a spot of online research to decide which books you would like to read.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
David Nicholls - One Day or You Are Here
Toya Wolfe - Last Summer on State Street
Rachel Ingalls - Mrs Caliban
Dorothy Gallagher - Stories I Forgot to Tell You
George Orwell - Animal Farm
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
You can also find more inspiration by looking at the books we've read in my other book clubs. Click this link to find out more.
What we've read so far
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Would you like to join?
The book club is for a maximum of six people and costs 300chf per year for six sessions. Send me a message if you would like to join, there are currently two spaces available.