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Monday 18th March, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s March session is welcoming spring with the popular f/f romance Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake. Filled with some of our favourite romance tropes (childhood crush, small town setting, bookstore!), this is a queer romance novel that we would love to … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – March Session: Ashley Herring Blake’s Delilah Green Doesn’t Care”

Monday 26th February, 18:30-19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s second session in 2024 focuses on another hit from last year:  We might be late to the party, but at least we’re going! And by “party,” we mean the BookTok sensation Fourth Wing(hyperlink) by Rebecca Yarros, and by “going” we mean a nerdy get together … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – February Session: Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing”

The Romance Reading Group would like to welcome 2024 with a film that marked (for better or for worse) 2023: To light up the dark, cold January nights, join us on January 29th for a session on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. What kind of budget and infernal agreements does this movie have to turn everything pink, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – January session: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie”

It’s that time of the year! The Romance Reading Group would like to say goodbye to 2023 with our Christmas Special: Join us on December 12th for a session on Dash & Lily (‘s Book of Dares), a Netflix series based on the novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.  (There are two links above, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – December session: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares”

Tuesday 28 November at 6:30 pm BST, Zoom Autumn and winter symbolize death and the hope for the renewal to come in spring. In this spirit (and with a bit of an imaginative stretch)… Join us on the 28th November for our Romance Reading Group session on Akwaeke Emezi’s novel You Made a Fool of … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – November session: Akwaeke Emezi’s You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty”

Join us on the 14th June for our Romance Reading Group session on Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation (aka You and Me on Vacation). I bet you’re thinking “this sounds like a book club session”  Yes! It is! Are you as excited as we are? So grab a copy from your local library, RSVP to our event, and join … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Emily Henry’s ‘Vacation’ Romance”

Disney has recently released its own romance novel series “Meant to Be,” with modern retellings of Cinderella, Belle and Ariel (forthcoming).  What an excellent opportunity to discuss 100 years of Disney influence on romance! What do you anticipate the (hideous ?) progeny of such a coupling to be? Join us for the next Romance Reading … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Disney Romance”

This will be on Wednesday 15th March at 6:00pm BST via Zoom: RSVP here. The Romance Reading Group is giddily welcoming its two new organizing members – Carly and Katie – and celebrating with its first spring session on popular romance covers. We have put together a selection of romance book covers that showcase different design styles … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Popular Romance Covers”

Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Paranormal Romances. This will be on Monday 16th May at 6pm GMT via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities The next genre on the list for the Romance Reading Group is Paranormal: a legit genre or merely a publisher’s category? If you have an opinion (or you … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Posthumanism & Paranormal Romance Affinities”