New Writing North is launching a new monthly book group in Durham as part of our regional network of groups. Facilitated by writer and poet Jo Colley, the group will meet from 6pm-7.30pm on the second Monday of every month. The first meeting is tonight, 8 February, when the group will be discussing What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn. In the future, the group will read a mixture of novels and poetry and many books will relate to events happening in and around the city, including screenings at the Gala Cinema and events at Colpitts Poetry and the Durham Book Festival.

If you would like to join the group, please contact durhambookgroup@newwritingnorth.com or phone 0191 233 3850. It's free to join and you will get a membership card, which entitles you to various perks, plus the opportunity to discuss books, life and everything inbetween with like-minded book lovers in Durham. You can follow the group at www.northeastbookgroups.com/durham.