A book club that celebrates, explores and discovers what it means to be female, in all its forms. To find and celebrate you and your voice with the encouragement of others.

📖 We will delight in, laugh with, and possibly shed a few tears alongside a variety of written works once a month.

To start each session we will each share our thoughts, with some guided questions... some might want to just listen so please know we'll never force you to participate more than you want to. We'll also run a short journaling session at the end of every session with prompts: not for group sharing but to help you meet your internal voice.

📆 Spaces are limited so to ensure we keep tabs this is a ticketed event, however your ticket will give you any drink you like at our meet ups.

Created by Nadia, female founder of Ambika Social and in collaboration with fellow female authors.... This month we are delighted to have guest host Sophie Calon; the author of our book title this month!

⚡️Our sixth book is Long Going by Sophie Calon; described as:

“A moving and thought-provoking account of an impossible situation.”

Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

“Sophie Calon’s heartbreaking portrait of her alcoholic father combines a clarity about the selfishness of addiction with a deeply loving portrait of a generous, energetic and joyful person. It’s also a vivid portrait of growing up in Cardiff. This portrait pulls no punches but is, at the same time, profoundly life-affirming. Everyone who has an alcoholic in the family should read this book for its compassionate awareness of the damage and chaos caused by addiction, while never forgetting the humanity of the person caught in that trap. A wonderful book.”

Gwyneth Lewis, inaugural National Poet of Wales and author of three non-fiction books

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At 50, Sophie Calon’s father was a high-flying lawyer. At 55, he was found dead in Cardiff city centre at Christmas. Meanwhile he had pinballed between tents, homeless shelters, and prison cells. His story is a lesson in how alcoholism can consume a person – and a family.

Long Going is a powerful, unflinching memoir that sings with Calon’s love for her eccentric, witty father while recounting his drink-fuelled disintegration. In telling his story, Calon explores her family’s instability and pain as well as her own survival.

The Book Club - Long Going by Sophie Calon