Book club session for artists and creatives to discuss Jeanette Winterson's 'FranKissStein', with a cocktail inspired by the book.
The Creative Book Club is back at Milk Bar Reading on Tuesday 8 December, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, with Jeanette Winterson's FranKissStein on the table. It's a book club for artists, makers and creatives that meets every six weeks at Milk Bar to talk through a book and think about how its themes have shaped their own work. The sessions are run by Jelly, a Reading charity that's been championing the creative arts since 1993, pushing art into unexpected places and opening up opportunities for people to look on and join in.
Winterson's FranKissStein reimagines Mary Shelley's gothic classic, following a thread that runs from 1816, when Shelley penned her first novel, to a cryonics facility in present-day Arizona. The discussion will work around that, with the group talking through the book and how its themes land for them. A signature of the night is the drink: the Milk Bar team design a cocktail inspired by the themes and flavours of the book, which you can buy on the evening.
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It's a low-pressure way to get a book discussed in a room full of other creatives, and the cocktail adds a bit of something extra to the mix. Tickets are £2.00, and since they're limited, you'll need to pre-book. The session runs from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Milk Bar Reading, 8 Merchants Place, Reading, RG1 1DT.
