BFBC's January Read - Night Swimmers

Join us at The Square Club to discuss Roisin Maguire's work, 'Night Swimmers'. Grab a drink and settle in for a night of discussion!

Bristol Feminist Book Club - October's read!

Come join us for our next book club meeting at The Square Club where we will be discussing our January read, Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire. Grab a drink, settle in, and get ready for some lively discussions with fellow book lovers.

Whether you've read the book cover to cover or just want to listen in, all are welcome to join the conversation. Let's dive into the themes, characters, and everything in between!

Don't miss out on this chance to connect with like-minded individuals and explore feminist literature together. See you there!

Important bits:

Date – Thursday 15th January 2026

Time - 7-9pm

Venue – The Square Club, Berkeley Square

About the book:

Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. She hasn't left the village since a traumatic stay in London as a young woman at the end of the 1980s.

One of the tourists is Evan, taking an enforced holiday from his family and work in Belfast after breaking down after the death of his daughter in infancy. He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner.

But he hasn't been there a week until he gets trapped by lockdown. When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society.

Ticket prices:

Tickets for this event are £10. If you cannot afford them then just drop us an email at: bristolfeministbookclub@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do.

Refund policy:

We are over the moon that our events are becoming so popular, so because of that we have made are operating a no refund policy. We are more than happy for you to use your ticket for a future book club, or to give your ticket to a fellow book club member, but as of 2025 - we will no longer giving refunds. Apologies in advance!

The Feminist Book Club House Rules:

We welcome feminists from all walks of life and backgrounds, and this group is open to everyone - we want this to be a fully inclusive space;

You don’t need to be an ‘expert feminist’ (whatever that means) to be involved - we want to read books that everyone can enjoy, and that cater to people’s different experiences and understandings of feminism;

This is primarily a social space, for meeting and getting to know like-minded people - so while feminism can be a heavy topic, we hope to keep this more on the fun side;

This is a judgement free zone - don’t belittle or undermine other members, or those who don’t have the same ideas as you. Don’t shut down other people’s views and be respectful;

If you feel like anyone goes against any of these values, let us know!

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