Join St Margaret’s House Book Club for an engaging evening of conversation
The St Margaret's House Book Club will next meet on Monday 17th November from 6.30pm when we will be sharing thoughts on José Eduardo Agualusa's The Book of Chameleons in the Anson Room. Come through the main front door and ring the bell for someone to come and collect you.
About the book:
Félix Ventura trades in memories, a slippery character selling new pasts to people whose bright futures lack only a good lineage, and wiping clean the slate of their identity.
In a narrative that darts between past and present Angola, a bookish albino man, a beautiful woman, a mysterious foreigner and a witty talking lizard come together to discover their real origins. For theirs is a world where the truth seems to shift from moment to moment and where history itself is up for grabs . . .
For those wishing to get a head start, in November we will have our final animal protagonist read, Morality Play by Barry Unsworth.
For 2026, we will read a book written by a female author in each decade from the 1900s to 2010s, in chronological order. In January, our book published between 1900-1909 is The Farringdons by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler.
Venue: The Anson Room at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road — E2 9PL
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please get in touch with us on 020 8980 2092 or email emily@stmargaretshouse.org.uk so we can arrange this for you. Entry to The Anson Room is not step-free.
Date: Monday 20th October
Time: 6.30pm
Ticket: FREE (booking is essential)