Why not come and join our National Book Club?

This month’s Book Club read is ‘The Lamplighter’s Bookshop’ by Sophie Austin.

Evelyn Seaton has lost her life and home due to her father's gambling addiction. When she secretly answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with something to hide. There she meets the enigmatic and prickly William Morton, an aspiring writer keeping secrets of his own. But when the walls that Evelyn has built around herself start to crumble, there is only one person she can turn to. Can Evelyn and William find the courage to write the next chapter of their story?

The books picked to read for each month are selected by a voting system twice a year. Members are asked to give their suggestion and the group will vote, winners will be informed in a Teams Meeting.

Members will receive a hard, Kindle or Google Play copy of the Book.

Full details of how to join the Book Club can be found on our Member Events and Activities Calendar - National Book Club - 16 February 2026

(You will need to request to join the Member Events and Activities group if you have not already done so.)