BOOK CLUB

2nd Wednesday of the month, every month!

Want to join? Simply read the book, RSVP, and show up for an evening of literary discussion.

Arrive from 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

The May book is The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism and the Lure of Belonging by Noelle Cook.  

 Investigative documentary film maker and book club member Liz Smith's companion documentary is showing in London during w/c 20 April and link to the screenings and Q and A here.  Book Club outing is the Curzon on Wed April 22 for Liz's Q and A.

The Conspiracists - Leafing through photos from the January 6 insurrection, extremist researcher Noelle Cook was struck by how many women looked like her: middle-aged white women in puffy coats. Women were not on the fringes of the extreme right, she realized. They were radicalizing each other, and the pandemic was changing them. So who were the women of J6? And why did some of them believe in shape-shifting reptilians and the health benefits of colloidal silver? This is the world scholars call conspirituality, in which New Age religion, online wellness culture, and extremism blend and become laced with antisemitic and racist theories told through the lives and beliefs of the women who stormed the Capitol.

RSVP and any pre- or post- Book Club dinner bookings to reception@unionclub.co.uk