Category Archives: Book

June 2016 – The Axeman’s Jazz

Book Cover - The Axeman's Jazz
The Axeman’s Jazz

The meeting in June will be held on Mon 13th June at 7:30 pm in the Ferryhill Community Centre.

The book under discussion is ‘The Axeman’s Jazz’ by Ray Celestin.

Members are asked to bring 2 to 3 suggestions for books for the group to read. The books to read from August onwards will be chosen from this list.

October 2015 – H Is For Hawk


Book Cover - H Is For Hawk

The meeting in October will be held on Mon 12th October at 7:30 pm in the Ferryhill Community Centre.

The book under discussion is ‘H Is For Hawk’ by Helen Macdonald.

“When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer, Helen had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk, but in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity and changed her life.”