Join us at the LAC Book Club this November as we discuss Julia Armfield’s Private Rites.

To accompany the University of Lincoln’s Festival for the Future we will be reading about three sisters in a drowning world. With topics of grief, love, family and resilience, there will be plenty to discuss!

There is also time for reading, writing, and workshopping at this months meeting. The (totally optional!) writing prompts for this month are:

1. Write a short paragraph on how climate change makes you feel. Consider; when did you first hear about it? Is it something you care about and have adapted to in your daily life? What do you think the future brings with the climate changing as it is?

2. You’re stuck on a raft in the middle of a great flood, what do you do? Who is with you? What are you hoping for?

3. It’s raining outside, you’re 8 years old and stuck inside with your siblings – what do you get up to? Build a fort? Create something? Get up to mischief, do you get caught?

Private Rites is available in paperback, audio, and digital format – please get in touch if you’re struggling to find an option that works for you! If you would like to buy a copy, books are available at the link below: Here

The content warnings this months read are:

Graphic
Death of parent, Suicide, Grief
Moderate
Self harm, Sexual content, Child abuse
Minor
Homophobia, Infidelity, Abandonment

Book of the Month | November

Private Rites by Julia Armfield. Available in hardback, paperback, E-Book & Audio. Read along with us for the month and join us at our next meeting!

The sessions aim to be as accessible and as affordable as possible, and are aimed at those aged 16 – 30.