This is the website of the Books on the Broad reading group which meets in the famous Blackwell's bookshop on Broad Street, Oxford, on the first Monday of each month. We just talk (and write) about books.

Each month we choose a book (or maybe two) and then meet for an informal discussion. We keep a written record of our meetings in the form of a Newsletter which contains critical reviews from group members and literary news of the moment.

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BooksontheBroad @ the BBC for details click here


The September Newsletter which features Solaris by Stanislaw Lem is now available - click here 

 

The August Newsletter featuring Annie Proulx is still available - click here

 

The July Newsletter featuring Vladimir Nabokov is still available - click here

The June Newsletter includes a 3 page report in pictures on the 2008 Hay Festival - click here

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A reminder: you can read our reviews of Pat Barker's Regeneration in the May Newsletter - click here


Oxford Literary Festival EXTRA Newsletter No. 18 (March/April 2008) - click here

See Books on the Broad at the Literary Festival

31 March - 6 April 2008


Newsletter No. 17 (March 2008) - click here

Jan/Feb/Mar Newsletters 2008

Previous Newsletters - click here


We discussed this book on the Richard and Judy Show


Channel 4 at 5pm on 9 January

(Go to our details on the Richard & Judy pages)

See pictures of filming at Blackwell Bookshop



We've read 50 books!

since the Reading Group began in 2005.
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Here are the books we read in 2005 plus what we thought about them:

To see the books we read in 2006 and 2007 CLICK HERE - our reviews on these coming soon:


Previous news

The BooksontheBroad Reading Group won the 2007 Penguin-Orange Broadband Reading Group Prize.

For all the details - click HERE


ARCHIVE - Click Here


To read a list of the books that we have read so far click here.

To see which books we plan to read in the next few months click here.

To tell us about your reading group book choice click here.

To give us your personal review of any of our chosen books click here.

To contact us click here.