Shelf Life Book Club: Bear by Marian Engel | May 29th

A casual, friendly book club where we discuss this month's book, hosted by Rosie from Shelf Life Books and Zines.

Our next meeting will be held in the back seating area (indoors, by HATW/Vin Van Cymru) and we'll be discussingBear by Marian Engel. Here's the blurb:

Lou is a librarian at the local Heritage Institute who lives a mole-like existence, buried among maps and manuscripts in her dusty basement office.

The chance to escape the monotony of her city life comes when she is summoned to a remote island to inventory the late Colonel Jocelyn Cary's estate. Hoping for an industrious summer of cataloguing, Lou heads north.

Colonel Cary left behind many possessions, but no one warned her about the bear. After a tentative start, Lou soon begins to anticipate the animal's needs for food and company. And, as summer blooms across the island, she discovers that the bear might satisfy some needs of her own.

All attendees will have 15% off the book at Shelf Life and we have paid-forward copies available for anyone who needs one (the solidarity ticket option helps do this). We want our book club to be accessible everyone so please let us know if you have any access needs and we'll do everything we can to accommodate them. If you're nervous about attending  (we get it!) for the first time, feel free to pop into the Corp for a look around beforehand, message for more info about the club/location or drop us a message if you'd like to meet at the bar on your way in.

See you there!