Creative Book Club - Heart the Lover

The Creative Book Club is back at Milk Bar Reading on Tuesday 27 October, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm, this time around Heart the Lover by Lily King. It's a book club for artists, makers and creatives of all kinds, and the group meets every six weeks at Milk Bar to talk through a book and how its themes have played into their own work.

Running the club is Jelly, a Reading charity that's been championing the creative arts since 1993. They've spent over three decades getting art into unexpected places and making it easier for people to look on and join in, so the club fits right into that — it's as much about the people and the making as it is about the reading. The session is run in the community, and the venue doesn't have step-free access.

Heart the Lover is described as written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, a celebration of literature and the lifelong echoes of young love. That's the starting point for the conversation, and as part of each session the Milk Bar team design a cocktail inspired by the themes and flavours of the title, which you can buy alongside other drinks. It's a nice touch that ties the book and the venue together.

Tickets are limited and you'll need to pre-book, so if you're planning to come along, it's worth getting yours sorted early. It runs from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Milk Bar Reading, 8 Merchants Place, Reading, RG1 1DT.