{"title": "Forest Hill Reading Group", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "place": "Forest Hill Library", "address": "Dartmouth Rd, London SE23 3HZ", "price": "Free (donations welcome)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/book-club"], "description": "Forest Hill Reading Group is a monthly adult reading night held at Forest Hill Library. It is run by the library, meeting on the last Wednesday of every month for a relaxed and engaging discussion about the book of the month. There are no sign-ups and no pressure—readers simply pick up a copy from the library and join a friendly evening with fellow book lovers. 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It is hosted by Ken for the Science and Philosophy Book Club, a group that wants a quieter alternative to loud pubs and clubs. The group meets in the ground floor lounge bar of the Doubletree Hilton Hotel, then walks together to a Waterstones bookshop near Russell Square to explore its fiction and non-fiction sections while chatting, before returning to the hotel bar for the night. Costumes as favourite book characters are welcome but optional.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/make-new-friends-at-a-bookshop-halloween-edition-86059/", "official_url": "https://www.meetup.com/science-and-philosophy-book-club/events/316732568/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Chatterbooks Club", "start": "2026-11-04T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/chatterbooks-club", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Chatterbooks Club is a reading group with a difference, for 7 to 12 year olds. Each month participants talk about what they have been reading, play games and do lots of activities all around the wonderful world of books. It takes place at Brixton Tate Library. 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