Book Club in Sheffield
Each month we choose a new book to read and discuss.
You can choose to read the book beforehand or just come along for tea and listen to the discussion! It's up to you. This is a relaxed group and you don’t have to have read the book to be able to come to the events. Just be mindful that you will hear all about the book. That may be a good thing. It may be a bad thing depending on how you look at it.
Please come prepared to pay at least £2 on the night for Book Aid International.
Book Club is on the first Thursday of the month, meeting at 5:30pm for tea (bring something to eat) and the book discussions start at 6:30pm. This is not a Spice exclusive event: there are usually around ten of us taking part, but new readers are most welcome!
Upcoming books are below. All prices are at Amazon and correct at 3 October 2025.
November
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
When the Nazis take Rome, thousands go into hiding. One priest will risk everything to save them.
September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror.
An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, a neutral, independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold no sway. He gathers a team to set up an Escape Line.
But Hauptmann's net begins closing in and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas, it's too late to turn back.
Based on a true story, My Father's House is a powerful thriller from a master of historical fiction. It is an unforgettable novel of love, sacrifice and what it means to be human in the most extreme circumstances.
Kindle: £4.99; Paperback: £9.19
December
Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A loss that threatens to tear them apart.
On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?
Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.
Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.
Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written
Kindle: £5.99; Paperback: £9.99
Extras
- Please pay a £2 minimum donation on the night to Book Aid International www.bookaid.org.
- Pay for your own food if joining the group for tea.
Location & Itinerary
17:30. Meet up for tea.
18:30. We start to discuss the book.
Why not come along at 5:30 and join the group for something to eat.
We meet in the downstairs dining room. It's on your right as you come in from the main entrance from the street.
Old Queens Head is on Pond Hill located between Sheffield Bus Station and Ponds Forge Sports Centre. If driving, leave the Park Square roundabout by the exit signed Ibis, Travel Lodge and Ponds Forge. Drive past the hotels and under the bridge. There are a few on street parking places available on Pond Hill right outside the pub, and more on Pond Street. Street parking is just £2 all evening. Alternatively the Ponds Forge multi storey car park is just nearby.
See Parkopedia for Sheffield city centre parking.
We meet in the room to the right of the main entrance from Pond Hill.
Host & Everything Else
I really enjoyed this evening, a great opportunity to chat about books with like minded people. I'm really looking forward to the next one even though the choice of book isn't something I'd normally read.
A sociable evening discussing a variety of books, in a convenient location.
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