Did you know that the term Easter Egg is used to describe hidden references to other films within a film? Or that if Elizabeth Jane Howard hadn’t been a writer, she would have been a gardener? There’s more book-ish news …
Researching Reading
TeaBooks volunteers and group members have been invited to take part in research underway at Newcastle University, exploring the impact of lockdowns on the way we read and our relationship with book groups. There’s more about the project and how …
Into the New Year
Our first newsletter of 2021 is hot off the press with news of forthcoming TV adaptation – some of which was filmed at Oxfordshire’s Rousham House (above) and which sparked a host of celebrity gossip! There’s also news about which …
Merry Christmas!
At the end of an extraordinary year, our final newsletter of 2020 looks forward to a better 2021 and wishes all our volunteers and group members a very happy Christmas! To read previous newsletters, simply scroll back through our news …
Keeping going!
The first Covid vaccines are being delivered as I write – and I hope that before very long, all our TeaBooks groups will be meeting up in person again, sharing stories, books, memories and laughter. In the meantime, the latest …
Looking ahead…
With winter on the way, the Bookfeast team have been racking their brains to find ways to keep our book-loving members in touch with one another. The latest newsletter explores some of the options, plus there’s news of a great …
Latest roundup
With Autumn definitely arriving on a cold north wind, there are lots of great reasons to snuggle up inside, including a BBC adaptation of one of TeaBooks’ favourite novels “Us” by David Nicholls. You’ll find more book news, including an …
Heading into Autumn
Well, it looks like life is going to take a little while to get back to normal, which means it’s unlikely our merry TeaBooks groups will be meeting again until the Spring at the earliest. Undeterred, we are currently exploring …
Library openings
Oxfordshire libraries are opening their doors again which means we can hopefully organise some socially-distanced outdoor meetings for some of our groups – with a lovely pile of books to share! See more in our latest newsletter here.
Keeping connected
When Snackbooks, our new intergenerational project, had to be suspended in March, some of the children from Magpies preschool decided they would like to keep in touch with their new-found friends. The residents of Moorside Place were delighted when a …