You are welcome to come to both the writing group and book club or one or the other. Please don’t be put off coming if you didn’t finish the book, you can still join in the discussion or listen to others chat about it.

6:30 – 7:30 Creative Writing Session (all skill levels).

There will be a list of prompts and 2 time slots given to fill the hour. The emphasis on the session will be writing, rather than feedback but you are always welcome to share you work. Some members of the group work on their pre-existing projects but others write something new. You’re welcome to use the space for body doubling on other quiet activities, crafts or tasks.

We then take a short 5-10 minute break before chatting about that month’s book. The conversation is informal and everyone’s perspective is welcome but the conversation will be guided, so that everyone has a chance to speak if they want to. There will be questions and prompts to get the conversation going if people are feeling stuck.

If you want to join our Whatsapp group, send us an email greyareabooks@gmail.com or DM us on instagram @greyareabooks, you will be the first to hear about our upcoming events.

April book – Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt

10% off with code APRBOOKCLUB

Interview with author on 17 April

With warmth and humour, Elizabeth Lovatt reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s while also tracing her own journey from accidentally coming out to disastrous dates to finding her chosen family.

With callers and agents alike dealing with first crushes and breakups, sex and marriage, loneliness and illness (or simply the need to know the name of a gay bar on a night out), this is a celebration of the ordinary lives of queer women.

Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line is a timely and vital exploration of how lesbian identity continues to remake and redefine itself in the 21st century and where it might lead us in the future.