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Book club

One book a month, fourteen chairs, and no requirement to have finished. This month is The Salt Orchard. We meet on the mezzanine.

An open book, a cup of coffee and a red alarm clock on a soft blanket
Cover of The Salt Orchard by Mira EllowenFICTIONThe Salt OrchardMira Ellowen

This month

The Salt Orchard

Mira Ellowen

After her aunt leaves her a coastal orchard that no longer fruits, Ila spends a winter learning which trees were never meant to be saved.

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Thursday 12 November 2026
18:30–20:00, the mezzanine.
Free for anyone who comes. Reserve a chair: demo only.

Questions

Talk it over

Some of these give away the shape of the book, so they stay folded away until you ask.

How does the weather sit in the book?

Is it background, or is it doing some of the talking?

Spoiler: what does the orchard stop being able to do?

And what does Ila try instead of saving every tree?

Spoiler: which inheritance is not a piece of land?

Think about the stories Ila is handed, not the deeds.

Spoiler: were you frustrated that she would not sell?

Or relieved? There is no house view.

Write your own shelf talker

What would you promise a reader without mentioning the ending?

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